Senate roll call 16 · 31st Congress · Jan 14, 1850
To advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the U.S., and the king of the hawaiian islands, conclude
On Jan 14, 1850, the Senate voted 44–1. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–1, Others 20–0. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 44
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 14, 1850
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- 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
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase 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
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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