Senate roll call 355 · 32nd Congress · Mar 3, 1853
To amend the bill H. R. 76, making a grant of public lands to the several states and territories of the union for the benefit of indigent insane persons, by pro
On Mar 3, 1853, the Senate voted 18–17 (HR 76). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–6, Others 3–11. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 3, 1853
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Samuel Houston 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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