Senate roll call 378 · 31st Congress · Jan 22, 1851
To amend S. 101 which amendment eliminates the provision that no payment or allowance be made to any assignee or insurer.
On Jan 22, 1851, the Senate voted 25–30 (S 101). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–5, Others 1–25. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jan 22, 1851
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 25 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Henry Clay O-KY
- 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
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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