Senate roll call 216 · 32nd Congress · Aug 30, 1852
On consenting to the nomination of james wilson to be commissioner under the act of Congress approved mar. 3, 1851, entitled an act to ascertain and settle the
On Aug 30, 1852, the Senate voted 17–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–22, Others 17–1.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Aug 30, 1852
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 22 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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