Senate roll call 211 · 32nd Congress · Aug 28, 1852
To amend H.R. 220, appropriating $100,000 for the President to obtain an assignment of the patent on sulphuric ether held by william t. G. Morton.
On Aug 28, 1852, the Senate voted 17–28 (HR 220). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–13, Others 3–15. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Aug 28, 1852
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- David Meriwether D-KY voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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