TO AMEND H.R. 692, (APP. 3/3/1849), APPROPRIATING FOR THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1850, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION THAT THE EXISTING MEXICAN LAWS SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE IN THE TERRITORY OF CALIFORNIA UNTIL JULY 4, 1850. (P. 682-3, 686-3)

Number:: Senate Vote #342 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:: Mar 03, 1849 (30^th Congress)
Result:: unknown

	Totals		Democrat	Whig	Free Soil	Unknown
Aye	21	35%	18	3	0	0
Nay	27	45%	11	14	1	1
Not Voting	12	20%	9	3	0	0
Required:	unknown

Vote Details

Vote	Party	Representative	State
Aye	D	Mason, James	VA
Aye	D	Foote, Henry	MS
Aye	D	Downs, Solomon	LA
Aye	D	Fitzpatrick, Benjamin	AL
Aye	D	Atchison, David	MO
Aye	D	Davis, Jefferson	MS
Aye	D	Dickinson, Daniel	NY
Aye	D	Cameron, Simon	PA
Aye	D	Butler, Andrew	SC
Aye	D	Johnson, Herschel	GA
Aye	D	King, William	AL
Aye	D	Houston, Samuel	TX
Aye	D	Hunter, Robert	VA
Aye	D	Sebastian, William	AR
Aye	D	Rusk, Thomas	TX
Aye	D	Turney, Hopkins	TN
Aye	D	Westcott, James	FL
Aye	D	Yulee, David	FL
Aye	Whig	Mangum, Willie	NC
Aye	Whig	Bell, John	TN
Aye	Whig	Berrien, John	GA
Nay		Wales, John
Nay	D	Douglas, Stephen	IL
Nay	D	Dodge, Augustus	IA
Nay	D	Felch, Alpheus	MI
Nay	D	Bradbury, James	ME
Nay	D	Atherton, Charles	NH
Nay	D	Bright, Jesse	IN
Nay	D	Dix, John	NY
Nay	D	Hamlin, Hannibal	ME
Nay	D	Jones, George	IA
Nay	D	Niles, John	CT
Nay	D	Walker, Isaac	WI
Nay	Free Soil	Hale, John	NH
Nay	Whig	Spruance, Presley	DE
Nay	Whig	Greene, Albert	RI
Nay	Whig	Baldwin, Roger	CT
Nay	Whig	Corwin, Thomas	OH
Nay	Whig	Clarke, John	RI
Nay	Whig	Davis, John	MA
Nay	Whig	Dayton, William	NJ
Nay	Whig	Johnson, Reverdy	MD
Nay	Whig	Metcalfe, Thomas	KY
Nay	Whig	Miller, Jacob	NJ
Nay	Whig	Pearce, James	MD
Nay	Whig	Upham, William	VT
Nay	Whig	Underwood, Joseph	KY
Nay	Whig	Webster, Daniel	MA
No Vote	D	Fitzgerald, Thomas	MI
No Vote	D	Dodge, Henry	WI
No Vote	D	Breese, Sidney	IL
No Vote	D	Benton, Thomas	MO
No Vote	D	Borland, Solon	AR
No Vote	D	Allen, William	OH
No Vote	D	Calhoun, John	SC
No Vote	D	Hannegan, Edward	IN
No Vote	D	Sturgeon, Daniel	PA
No Vote	Whig	Badger, George	NC
No Vote	Whig	Johnson, Henry	LA
No Vote	Whig	Phelps, Samuel	VT

Notes

What’s the difference between aye and yea?

There is no meaningful difference between aye and yea (and nay and no), but the terms are used in different sorts of votes based on Congress’s long tradition of parliamentary procedure. The House and Senate follow the U.S. Constitution strictly when it says that bills should be decided on by the “yeas and nays” (Article I, Section 7). The House sometimes operates under a special set of rules called the “Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union” (or “Committee of the Whole” for short), which is a sort of pseudo-committee that is made up of every congressman. During this mode of operation, the House uses the terms “aye” and “no” instead. (See the Rules of the House, Rule XX, and House Practice in the section Voting.)