To amend the resolution providing for a committee of 13 which amendment forbids the committee to connect the admission of california into the union as a state,

On Apr 18, 1850, the Senate voted 20–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–18, Others 11–7. 9 members voted against their own party.

During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.

Yes: 20
No: 25
Did not vote: 25
Date: Apr 18, 1850

By party

Democrats9 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others11 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted yes
Alpheus Felch D-MI voted yes
Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the resolution providing for a…: Senate Vote, Apr 18, 1850,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/31-S-73/to-amend-the-resolution-providing-for-a-committee-of (accessed 2026-10-17).