Senate roll call 473 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
To amend H.R. 348 by providing that expenditures for the removal of obstructions in the rio grande river, be confined to that portion which is within the territ
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 21–31 (HR 348). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–11, Others 3–20. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX 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
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- 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
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- 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
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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