Senate roll call 329 · 31st Congress · Sep 26, 1850
On consenting to the appointment of samuel frost as appraiser of merchandise for the city of new york, n.y. (p. 122, 211, 253)
On Sep 26, 1850, the Senate voted 22–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–18, Others 13–7. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Sep 26, 1850
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Charles Frémont D-CA voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- 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 Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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