Senate roll call 76 · 31st Congress · Apr 19, 1850
To table a petition from the citizens of stockbridge mass., praying for the repeal of all laws or parts of laws authorizing or sanctioning slavery in the distri
On Apr 19, 1850, the Senate voted 21–18. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–7, Others 6–11. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 19, 1850
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table a petition from the citizens of…: Senate Vote, Apr 19, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-76/to-table-a-petition-from-the-citizens-of-stockbridge (accessed 2026-10-17).