Senate roll call 12 · 33rd Congress · Mar 25, 1853
To adjourn until tomorrow. (p. 301-2)
On Mar 25, 1853, the Senate voted 14–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–10, Others 5–3. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Mar 25, 1853
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Pettit D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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