Senate roll call 128 · 30th Congress · Jun 20, 1848
To amend H.R. 136, (app. 7/29/1848) which amendment provides that every member of every family of the cherokee indians that remained in north carolina at the ti
On Jun 20, 1848, the Senate voted 24–19 (HR 136). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 7–18, Others 17–1. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 20, 1848
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 18 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- 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
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- 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
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- 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
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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