Senate roll call 346 · 31st Congress · Sep 28, 1850
On consenting to the appointment of james e. Barter to be collector of customs for the district of oswegatchie and inspector of the revenue for the port of ogde
On Sep 28, 1850, the Senate voted 28–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Others 16–4. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Sep 28, 1850
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
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
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- 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 Sturgeon D-PA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- 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
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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