Senate roll call 372 · 31st Congress · Jan 15, 1851
To table the petition received from montgomery county, pennsylvania, to repeal the act of sept. 18, 1850, for recovery of fugitive slaves.
On Jan 15, 1851, the Senate voted 35–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–4, Others 11–12. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 15, 1851
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO 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 Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- 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
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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