Senate roll call 337 · 31st Congress · Sep 26, 1850
To amend the bill S. 349, which amendment eliminates the provision that the area of each state shall be computed as not more than 50,000 SQ. Miles, in determini
On Sep 26, 1850, the Senate voted 14–33 (S 349). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Others 0–22. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Sep 26, 1850
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum 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
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- 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 Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the bill S. 349, which amendment…: Senate Vote, Sep 26, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-337/to-amend-the-bill-s-349-which-amendment-eliminates (accessed 2026-10-15).