Senate roll call 14 · 33rd Congress · Mar 28, 1853
To ratfy article VII of the consular convention between the United States and his majesty the emperor of the french, which article provides to establish recipro
On Mar 28, 1853, the Senate voted 30–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–8, Others 7–4. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 28, 1853
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Pettit D-IN
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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