Senate roll call 275 · 31st Congress · Sep 12, 1850
To amend H.R. 387, supplying a deficiency in the appropriations for the pay and mileage of members of Congress, for the present session, by appropriating $50,00
On Sep 12, 1850, the Senate voted 15–25 (HR 387). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Others 3–17. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Sep 12, 1850
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk 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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