Senate roll call 25 · 31st Congress · Feb 7, 1850
To table a petition presenting to the Senate a memorial of an association of friends for promoting the abolition of slavery, improving the condition of the free
On Feb 7, 1850, the Senate voted 25–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–5, Others 6–16. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 7, 1850
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- 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
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- William Upham O-VT
- 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- 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
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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