Senate roll call 246 · 32nd Congress · Jan 11, 1853
On adoption of the resolution removing the injunction of secrecy from the correspondence with the queen of england of april19,1850, the correspondence and debat
On Jan 11, 1853, the Senate voted 25–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–11, Others 9–10. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 11, 1853
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA voted no
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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