Senate roll call 125 · 30th Congress · Jun 19, 1848
To amend S.J. RES. 22, which provides for the transportation of southern mail, so as to provide that the bay line and james river line shall relinquish their PR
On Jun 19, 1848, the Senate voted 19–27 (SJR 22). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–11, Others 1–16. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jun 19, 1848
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- 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
- John Wales O-DE
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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