Senate roll call 119 · 31st Congress · Jun 17, 1850
To table the resolution on the nomination of richard s. Ewett to be captain in the first regiment of dragoons. (p. 99, 194)
On Jun 17, 1850, the Senate voted 19–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–10, Others 6–16. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 17, 1850
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Wales O-DE
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- 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
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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