Senate roll call 145 · 31st Congress · Jul 24, 1850
To amend S. 225, by establishing the boundary of texas so to extend to the rio grandes, as defined in the statutes of limits of the late republic of texas, pass
On Jul 24, 1850, the Senate voted 18–34 (S 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–14, Others 3–20. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jul 24, 1850
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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