Senate roll call 8 · 31st Congress · Mar 15, 1849
To amend a res. Relative to senator elect sheilds, by substituting for it the following: that the vice President be requested to notify the executive of the sta
On Mar 15, 1849, the Senate voted 12–32. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–12, Others 2–20. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 15, 1849
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 20 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- 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
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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