Senate roll call 153 · 31st Congress · Jul 26, 1850
To amend S. 225 by providing that texas be, and hereby is declared entitled to all rights which she possessed in reference to the territory east of the rio gran
On Jul 26, 1850, the Senate voted 12–35 (S 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–17, Others 4–18. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 26, 1850
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
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
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-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
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- 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
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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