Senate roll call 23 · 31st Congress · Jan 28, 1850
To table resolution, regarding complaint of james w. Schaumburg that he has been improperly separated from the army and that he is entitled to the commission of
On Jan 28, 1850, the Senate voted 20–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–21, Others 16–3. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 28, 1850
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- 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
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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