Senate roll call 467 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
To amend the bill, H.R. 348, which amendment proposes that expenditures under this act shall be from the surplus in the treasury only after expenditures are mad
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 29–29 (HR 348). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–8, Others 3–21. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 21 no · 6 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
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- 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
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- 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
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke 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
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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