Senate roll call 330 · 31st Congress · Sep 26, 1850
On consenting to the appointment of samuel j. Peters to be collector of customs for the district of mississippi in the state of louisiana. (p. 115, 228, 254)
On Sep 26, 1850, the Senate voted 19–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–27, Others 19–2.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Sep 26, 1850
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
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
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton 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
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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