Senate roll call 6 · 32nd Congress · Mar 7, 1851
On adoption of the resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the convention between the United States and the mexican republic for the protection
On Mar 7, 1851, the Senate voted 32–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–4, Others 13–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 7, 1851
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 4 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- 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
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- 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
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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