Senate roll call 156 · 31st Congress · Jul 26, 1850
To amend S. 225 by proposing that new mexico be admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states on proclamation by the President when he is
On Jul 26, 1850, the Senate voted 1–42 (S 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–27, Others 1–15.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 1
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 26, 1850
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Henry Seward O-NY
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- 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
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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