Senate roll call 120 · 31st Congress · Jun 17, 1850
To table the resolution to nominate richard s. Ewell to be captain in the first regiment of dragoons. (p. 99, 194)
On Jun 17, 1850, the Senate voted 21–28. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–10, Others 6–18. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 17, 1850
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted no
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Shields D-IL 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
- 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
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith 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
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- 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
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Wales O-DE
- 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
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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