Senate roll call 3 · 33rd Congress · Mar 16, 1853
To table in order to postpone indefinitely confirmation of the nomination of john w.t. Gardiner to the rank of captain in the army.
On Mar 16, 1853, the Senate voted 21–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–9, Others 6–7. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 16, 1853
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Shields D-IL
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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