Senate roll call 20 · 30th Congress · Feb 29, 1848
To table resolution providing that the fortieth rule of conducting business in the Senate which requires that the Senate close its doors when transacting execut
On Feb 29, 1848, the Senate voted 39–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–11, Others 20–2. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 29, 1848
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
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
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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