Senate roll call 9 · 31st Congress · Mar 19, 1849
On consenting to the appointment of edward w. MC gaughey to be governor of the territory of minnesota. (p. 84, 89)
On Mar 19, 1849, the Senate voted 22–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–25, Others 22–0.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 19, 1849
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
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
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King 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
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Franklin Harper Elmore D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Robert Woodward Barnwell D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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