Senate roll call 230 · 30th Congress · Aug 9, 1848
To advise and consent to the appointment of stephen w. Kearny for gallant and meritorious conduct in new mexico and in california during the battle of san pasqu
On Aug 9, 1848, the Senate voted 32–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–13, Others 18–1. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Aug 9, 1848
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland 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
- 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
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum 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
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley 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
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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