Senate roll call 27 · 31st Congress · Feb 11, 1850
On consenting to the appointment of james watson webb, to be charge d'affairs of the U.S. At the court of his majesty the emperor of austria. (p. 115-129, 137)
On Feb 11, 1850, the Senate voted 7–34. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–27, Others 7–7.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 11, 1850
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 7 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- John Bell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Wales O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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