Senate roll call 320 · 31st Congress · Sep 24, 1850
On adoption of the resolution consenting to the ratification to the general convention of peace, amity, commerce and navigation between the U.S. And the republi
On Sep 24, 1850, the Senate voted 42–1. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–1, Others 19–0. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 42
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Sep 24, 1850
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King 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
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- 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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