Senate roll call 297 · 31st Congress · Sep 20, 1850
To amend S. 330 (sept. 28, 1850) giving to the U.S. Not locally inapplicable, the same force and effect within the state of california, as elsewhere within the
On Sep 20, 1850, the Senate voted 17–27 (S 330). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–15, Others 8–12. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Sep 20, 1850
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 12 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Charles Frémont D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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