Senate roll call 474 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
To amend H.R. 348, by providing that prior to the removal of obstructions in the rio grande river in texas, mexico's consent shall first be obtained because of
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 14–30 (HR 348). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–13, Others 3–17. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA 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
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- 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
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- 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 Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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