Senate roll call 17 · 32nd Congress · Mar 11, 1851
On consenting to the nomination of thomas butler king as collector of customs for the district of san fransisco, california. (p296 312 330)
On Mar 11, 1851, the Senate voted 21–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–11, Others 12–2. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 11, 1851
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- James Whitcomb D-IN voted yes
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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