Senate roll call 270 · 31st Congress · Sep 12, 1850
To table the memorial of the legislature of new mexico, to the Congress of the U.S., citing indian raids and urgent needs, and appealing for aid and redress, ac
On Sep 12, 1850, the Senate voted 19–19. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–8, Others 5–11. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Sep 12, 1850
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Charles Frémont D-CA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- 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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