Senate roll call 148 · 31st Congress · Jul 25, 1850
To amend S. 225 by proposing that in determining the boundaries of texas the commissioners shall agree upon no line which does not exclude every portion of new
On Jul 25, 1850, the Senate voted 16–38 (S 225). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–25, Others 12–13. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jul 25, 1850
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Other votes
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