Senate roll call 344 · 31st Congress · Sep 28, 1850
On consenting to the appointment of nathan sargeant to be recorder of the general land office. (p. 240, 264, 265)
On Sep 28, 1850, the Senate voted 19–22. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–18, Others 16–4. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Sep 28, 1850
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 18 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- John Macpherson Berrien 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
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On consenting to the appointment of nathan…: Senate Vote, Sep 28, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-344/on-consenting-to-the-appointment-of-nathan-sargeant-to (accessed 2026-10-17).