Senate roll call 344 · 32nd Congress · Mar 3, 1853
To amend the bill H. R. 342, by appropriating $125,000 for an expedition into the african interior east of liberia, in order to extend our knowledge of the remo
On Mar 3, 1853, the Senate voted 21–22 (HR 342). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–19, Others 17–3. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 3, 1853
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish 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
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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