Senate roll call 353 · 31st Congress · Sep 28, 1850
On adoption of the resolution granting certain employees of the Senate and librarians the amounts, allowed under resolution in the last session, and in addition
On Sep 28, 1850, the Senate voted 27–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–6, Others 11–7. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Sep 28, 1850
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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