Senate roll call 18 · 31st Congress · Jan 15, 1850
To table the resolution that the President be requested to lay before the Senate all charges against individuals, who have been removed from office since march
On Jan 15, 1850, the Senate voted 23–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–28, Others 22–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 15, 1850
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 28 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- 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
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- 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
- 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
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table the resolution that the President…: Senate Vote, Jan 15, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-18/to-table-the-resolution-that-the-president-be-requested (accessed 2026-10-16).