Senate roll call 221 · 30th Congress · Aug 5, 1848
To amend H.R. 298 by adding, for compensation and expenses for collecting information of commerce production and statistics of asia and eastern africa, the sum
On Aug 5, 1848, the Senate voted 15–19 (HR 298). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–13, Others 6–6. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Aug 5, 1848
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- 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
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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