Senate roll call 485 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
On adoption, of the resolution providing that insofar as according to the constitution the present term of Congress does not expire until march 4, at 12 o'clock
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 27–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–10, Others 16–1. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted no
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- 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
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- 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
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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