Senate roll call 403 · 31st Congress · Feb 11, 1851
To table the bill S. 349, granting public lands to several states for support of the insane.
On Feb 11, 1851, the Senate voted 17–33 (S 349). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–12, Others 0–21. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 11, 1851
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- 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
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- 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
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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