Senate roll call 278 · 31st Congress · Sep 14, 1850
To postpone further consideration of the motion to concur in the amendment to the bill S. 226 which amendment provides that anyone aiding any slave to run away
On Sep 14, 1850, the Senate voted 18–31 (S 226). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Others 5–16. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Sep 14, 1850
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton 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
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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