Senate roll call 293 · 31st Congress · Sep 19, 1850
To non-concur in the house amendment to the bill, S. 43 (jan. 27, 1851) renewing and continuing in force the charter of the potomac insurance company of georget
On Sep 19, 1850, the Senate voted 22–24 (S 43). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–22, Others 18–2. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Sep 19, 1850
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- 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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