Senate roll call 249 · 31st Congress · Aug 27, 1850
On ordering engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill, S. 283, for the relief of the orange and alexandria railroad co., by paying to the said railroad as assigne
On Aug 27, 1850, the Senate voted 28–22 (S 283). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–11, Others 10–11. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 27, 1850
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge 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
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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