Senate roll call 33 · 31st Congress · Mar 1, 1850
To postpone indefinitely the Senate resolution providing that james w. Schaumburg was entitled to the commission of captain in the first regiment of dragoons an
On Mar 1, 1850, the Senate voted 24–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–17, Others 14–8. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 1, 1850
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Solon Borland D-AR voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN 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
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- 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
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell 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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