Senate roll call 114 · 31st Congress · Jun 14, 1850
To amend S. 225, by granting one million dollars to texas to help pay her obligations, which sum, according to expectation, will be liquidated by duties on fore
On Jun 14, 1850, the Senate voted 8–29 (S 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–15, Others 2–14. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 14, 1850
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted yes
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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