Senate roll call 197 · 31st Congress · Aug 6, 1850
To postpone further consideration until tomorrow, of the bill S. 169. (p. 1533-1)
On Aug 6, 1850, the Senate voted 19–30 (S 169). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–14, Others 7–16. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 6, 1850
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 16 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Robert Woodward Barnwell 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
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt 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
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- 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
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
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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