Senate roll call 106 · 32nd Congress · May 28, 1852
To amend H.R. 207, by providing that the contract for mail be transferred from the navy to the post office department, payment to be made by appropriations dire
On May 28, 1852, the Senate voted 15–25 (HR 207). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–12, Others 5–13. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 28, 1852
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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