Senate roll call 298 · 31st Congress · Sep 20, 1850
To amend the bill S. 330 (sept. 28, 1850) giving the laws of the U.S., not locally inapplicable, the same force and effect within the state of california, as el
On Sep 20, 1850, the Senate voted 9–32 (S 330). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–16, Others 2–16. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Sep 20, 1850
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- 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
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the bill S. 330 (sept. 28, 1850)…: Senate Vote, Sep 20, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-298/to-amend-the-bill-s-330-sept-28-1850 (accessed 2026-10-17).