Senate roll call 129 · 31st Congress · Jun 20, 1850
To amend S. 225, by providing that the senators and representatives of the said states in the Congress of the U.S. Shall be chosen by the legislatures and peopl
On Jun 20, 1850, the Senate voted 12–28 (S 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–12, Others 4–16. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 20, 1850
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 12 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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