Senate roll call 29 · 31st Congress · Feb 12, 1850
To table the question of the reception of the petition signed by 1,483 women of dover, n.h., praying that slavery be not extended into the territories of new me
On Feb 12, 1850, the Senate voted 19–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–11, Others 4–15. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 12, 1850
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL 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
- 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
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- 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
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To table the question of the reception of…: Senate Vote, Feb 12, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-29/to-table-the-question-of-the-reception-of-the (accessed 2026-10-17).