Senate roll call 456 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
To amend H.R. 348, by appropriating five thousand dollars for the removal of obstructions in the chapola river, in florida.
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 9–39 (HR 348). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–19, Others 4–20. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- 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
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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