Senate roll call 368 · 31st Congress · Dec 31, 1850
On adoption of the resolution directing the secretary of the navy to report to the Senate what advantage to the public service would be derived from transferrin
On Dec 31, 1850, the Senate voted 24–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–10, Others 9–6. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 31, 1850
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
- 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
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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