Senate roll call 17 · 30th Congress · Feb 24, 1848
To table resolution which provides that the President be requested to inform the Senate whether the active operations of the army in mexico have been and now ar
On Feb 24, 1848, the Senate voted 11–37. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–23, Others 3–14. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 24, 1848
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 14 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
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