Senate roll call 358 · 31st Congress · Sep 30, 1850
On consenting to the nomination of william c. Givens to be marshall of the U.S. For the southern district of california. (p. 267, 271)
On Sep 30, 1850, the Senate voted 21–20. Result: passed. By party: Others 20–2, Democrats 1–18. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Sep 30, 1850
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- 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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