Senate roll call 238 · 31st Congress · Aug 21, 1850
To amend a resolution granting MR. Palmer leave to copyright and print on his own account documents entitled, "a comprehensive view of the principal independent
On Aug 21, 1850, the Senate voted 14–18. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Others 2–10. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Aug 21, 1850
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- 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
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- 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 Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a resolution granting MR. Palmer…: Senate Vote, Aug 21, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-238/to-amend-a-resolution-granting-mr-palmer-leave-to (accessed 2026-10-17).