Senate roll call 44 · 31st Congress · Apr 10, 1850
To reject a petition from citizens of ontario, new york, for enrollment in the militia of every state of all classes of persons without regard to color or condi
On Apr 10, 1850, the Senate voted 48–0. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–0, Others 22–0.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 10, 1850
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- 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
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- 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
- 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
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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