Senate roll call 3 · 32nd Congress · Mar 6, 1851
On consenting to the nomination of hugh m. Smith to be secretary of the territory of new mexico. (p280 298 313)
On Mar 6, 1851, the Senate voted 14–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–16, Others 8–8. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 6, 1851
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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