Senate roll call 20 · 33rd Congress · Apr 1, 1853
On adoption, of the resolution confirming the nomination of john a. Dix as assistant U.S. Treasurer at n.y., n.y. By the President. (p. 120,130)
On Apr 1, 1853, the Senate voted 28–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–6, Others 5–2. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 1, 1853
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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