Senate roll call 159 · 30th Congress · Jul 15, 1848
To read the finding and opinion of the courts of inquiry in the case of the nomination of major general pillow. (p. 441, 451)
On Jul 15, 1848, the Senate voted 24–27. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–27, Others 20–0. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 15, 1848
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 27 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis 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
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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