Senate roll call 469 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
To amend the bill, H.R. 348, by providing that no appropriation under this act shall be put into effect until outstanding bonds for the public debt shall have b
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 19–31 (HR 348). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–10, Others 2–21. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 21 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-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
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
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