Senate roll call 459 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
To amend the bill, H.R. 348 by proposing that funds appropriated for improvements in various states shall be expended on objects designated by boards of public
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 18–34 (HR 348). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–13, Others 2–21. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 21 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- 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
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-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
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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