Senate roll call 383 · 31st Congress · Jan 25, 1851
On consenting to the appointment of john currey to be judge of the district court of the U.S. For the northern district of california. (p. 280, 285, 286)
On Jan 25, 1851, the Senate voted 9–34. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–23, Others 8–11. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 25, 1851
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- 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
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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