Senate roll call 325 · 31st Congress · Sep 24, 1850
On concurring in amended amendment to the bill S. 343, making temporary provision for the working and discovery of gold mines and placers in calif., and preserv
On Sep 24, 1850, the Senate voted 21–18 (S 343). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–6, Others 7–12. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Sep 24, 1850
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- John Charles Frémont D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-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
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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