Senate roll call 430 · 31st Congress · Feb 27, 1851
On passage of the bill, S. 251, (mar. 3, 1851, 9 stat. L. 635) limiting the liability of shipowners.
On Feb 27, 1851, the Senate voted 28–21 (S 251). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Others 15–6. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 27, 1851
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On passage of the bill, S. 251, (mar. 3…: Senate Vote, Feb 27, 1851,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-430/on-passage-of-the-bill-s-251-mar-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).