Senate roll call 23 · 30th Congress · Mar 2, 1848
To let stand the words in the treaty that the mexican government declares that no grant whatever of lands in texas has been made since march 2, 1836, and that n
On Mar 2, 1848, the Senate voted 17–32. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–29, Others 15–3. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 2, 1848
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 29 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- 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 Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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