Senate roll call 1 · 33rd Congress · Mar 15, 1853
On adoption of the resolution relating to the ratification of treaty in adjusting certain claims of U.S. Citizens on the british government and of british subje
On Mar 15, 1853, the Senate voted 30–5. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–5, Others 12–0. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 15, 1853
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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