Senate roll call 240 · 31st Congress · Aug 23, 1850
To amend, in the nature of a substitute, the bill S. 293, extending to the people of texas and others the benefits of the act regulating intercourse with the in
On Aug 23, 1850, the Senate voted 27–14 (S 293). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–7, Others 9–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Aug 23, 1850
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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