Senate roll call 323 · 32nd Congress · Mar 1, 1853
To amend (H R 337),which empowers the President of the U.S. To authorize by proclamation the vessels of the british provinces, with their crews, to fish in wat
On Mar 1, 1853, the Senate voted 27–18 (HR 337). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–3, Others 6–15. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 1, 1853
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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