Senate roll call 15 · 33rd Congress · Mar 28, 1853
To amend article VII of the consular convention, which amendment makes the provision of the article establish reciprocity in the enjoyment by the national of on
On Mar 28, 1853, the Senate voted 23–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–6, Others 4–5. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 28, 1853
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 5 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Shields D-IL
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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