Senate roll call 279 · 31st Congress · Sep 14, 1850
On concurring, in the amendment made in comm. Of the whole, to the bill S. 226, which amendment prohibits free negroes from residing in the district, regulates
On Sep 14, 1850, the Senate voted 20–28 (S 226). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–13, Others 6–15. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Sep 14, 1850
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 13 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Charles Frémont D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA 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
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- 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
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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