Senate roll call 492 · 31st Congress · Mar 3, 1851
On agreeing, to the amendment to the bill, H.R. 474, (mar. 3, 1851) making appropriations for the support of the navy for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1852,
On Mar 3, 1851, the Senate voted 16–24 (HR 474). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–16, Others 12–8. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 3, 1851
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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