Senate roll call 409 · 31st Congress · Feb 14, 1851
To provide that the senator from missouri have leave to proceed to show cause why he be permitted to introduce the bill of which he has given notice and each se
On Feb 14, 1851, the Senate voted 34–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–4, Others 9–10. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 14, 1851
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
Other votes
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