Senate roll call 119 · 30th Congress · Jun 12, 1848
To amend the resolution directing the printing of 20,000 copies of the agricultural portion of the report of the commissioner of patents for the use of the sena
On Jun 12, 1848, the Senate voted 23–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–13, Others 13–2. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 12, 1848
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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