Senate roll call 185 · 30th Congress · Jul 26, 1848
To amend S. 324 by providing that all subjects of the territory of oregon, and not merely free whites, may be qualified to vote by the territory's existing laws
On Jul 26, 1848, the Senate voted 7–44 (S 324). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–34, Others 6–10. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 26, 1848
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 34 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Davis O-MA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- 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
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-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
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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