Senate roll call 222 · 30th Congress · Aug 7, 1848
To postpone until the next session of the Senate further action on the nomination of stephen w. Kearney. (p. 379, 454)
On Aug 7, 1848, the Senate voted 11–33. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–18, Others 1–15. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Aug 7, 1848
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 18 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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