Senate roll call 158 · 31st Congress · Jul 29, 1850
To amend S. 225, by allowing texas by bill or petition to institute suit against the U.S. To assert her title to the land east of the rio grande. (p. 1447-2, 3
On Jul 29, 1850, the Senate voted 18–39 (S 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–26, Others 13–13. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jul 29, 1850
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 26 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 13 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick 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 Corwin O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 225, by allowing texas by bill…: Senate Vote, Jul 29, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-158/to-amend-s-225-by-allowing-texas-by-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).