Senate roll call 2 · 32nd Congress · Mar 6, 1851
On consenting to the nomination of james d. Merrill as deputy postmaster of milwaukee in the state of wisconsin. (p295 312)
On Mar 6, 1851, the Senate voted 36–5. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–3, Others 16–2. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 6, 1851
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 3 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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