Senate roll call 2 · 33rd Congress · Mar 15, 1853
On adoption relating to the ratification of convention with russia and other states of the germania confederation and of the mutual delivery of criminals and fu
On Mar 15, 1853, the Senate voted 25–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–11, Others 12–1. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 15, 1853
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- 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
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- 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
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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