Senate roll call 267 · 32nd Congress · Feb 11, 1853
To postpone until march 4 next the presidents nomination of george e. Badger to the post of associate justice of the United States surpreme court in place of jo
On Feb 11, 1853, the Senate voted 26–25. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–2, Others 0–23. 2 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
- Feb 11, 1853
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 2 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- 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
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- 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
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- 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
- Solomon Foot 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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