Senate roll call 7 · 33rd Congress · Mar 22, 1853
To reconsider the vote ordering the nomination of john w.t. Gardiner, to the rank of captain in the army to be tabled.
On Mar 22, 1853, the Senate voted 16–18. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–15, Others 5–3. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 22, 1853
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- 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
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Everett O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown 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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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