Senate roll call 255 · 32nd Congress · Jan 24, 1853
To adjourn, during consideration of the President's nomination of george e. Badger to the post of associate justice of the United States surpreme court in place
On Jan 24, 1853, the Senate voted 26–25. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–3, Others 0–22. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 24, 1853
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 22 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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