Senate roll call 361 · 31st Congress · Dec 16, 1850
On concurring, in the amended amendment of the house, to the bill, S. 43 (jan. 27, 1851) renewing and continuing the charter of the potomac insurance co. Of geo
On Dec 16, 1850, the Senate voted 24–20 (S 43). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–2, Others 2–18. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Dec 16, 1850
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 2 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 18 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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