Senate roll call 433 · 31st Congress · Feb 28, 1851
To table H.J.RES. 29.
On Feb 28, 1851, the Senate voted 14–33 (HJR 29). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–19, Others 4–14. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 28, 1851
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.