Senate roll call 186 · 30th Congress · Jul 26, 1848
To amend S. 324 by inserting at the end of the 6th section, "provided however, that no law repealing the acts of provisional government of said territory prohib
On Jul 26, 1848, the Senate voted 19–33 (S 324). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–25, Others 9–8. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jul 26, 1848
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 25 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted yes
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
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 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
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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