Senate roll call 36 · 31st Congress · Mar 7, 1850
To adjourn, in order to end debate on the resolution relative to the question in controversy between the states of the union, arising out of the institution of
On Mar 7, 1850, the Senate voted 42–6. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–6, Others 23–0. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 42
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 7, 1850
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others23 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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