Senate roll call 405 · 31st Congress · Feb 12, 1851
To table the resolution S.J.RES. 49, authorizing the President to confer the title of lieutenant general for eminent services.
On Feb 12, 1851, the Senate voted 23–28 (SJR 49). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–9, Others 5–19. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 12, 1851
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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