Senate roll call 37 · 32nd Congress · Jan 20, 1852
To amend S. J. RES. 3, explanatory of the act approved sept.28,1850, entitled "an act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engage
On Jan 20, 1852, the Senate voted 8–35 (SJR 3). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–20, Others 3–15. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 20, 1852
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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