Senate roll call 115 · 31st Congress · Jun 14, 1850
To amend S. 225, which amendment eliminates the proposals to texas regarding her boundaries, and permits her to retain the territory lying west of nueces river
On Jun 14, 1850, the Senate voted 24–27 (S 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–16, Others 14–11. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 14, 1850
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 11 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-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
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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