Senate roll call 93 · 31st Congress · May 29, 1850
On consenting to the appointment of robert p. Letcher to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the U.S. To the mexican republic. (p. 110, 137,
On May 29, 1850, the Senate voted 25–15. Result: passed. By party: Others 22–0, Democrats 3–15. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 31st Congress (1849–1850), Zachary Taylor was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 29, 1850
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Charles Frémont D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA
- David Stewart O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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