Senate roll call 369 · 31st Congress · Dec 31, 1850
To reconsider the vote rejecting the printing of 10,000 additional copies of the President's message of the 30th instant, which is in reply to the resolution of
On Dec 31, 1850, the Senate voted 26–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–10, Others 13–3. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Dec 31, 1850
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- 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
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin 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
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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