Senate roll call 331 · 31st Congress · Sep 26, 1850
On consenting to the appointment of franklin spalding to be collector of customs for the district of niagara and inspector of the revenue for the port of lewist
On Sep 26, 1850, the Senate voted 17–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–19, Others 16–4. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Sep 26, 1850
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 19 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- 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
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
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