Senate roll call 230 · 31st Congress · Aug 13, 1850
On passage S. 169.
On Aug 13, 1850, the Senate voted 34–18 (S 169). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–14, Others 17–4. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 13, 1850
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted no
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- 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
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.