Senate roll call 18 · 30th Congress · Feb 24, 1848
To adopt a resolution providing that the President inform the Senate whether the active operations of the army in mexico have been and now are suspended and if
On Feb 24, 1848, the Senate voted 41–9. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–8, Others 17–1. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 41
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 24, 1848
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- 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
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- 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
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden 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
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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