Senate roll call 236 · 30th Congress · Aug 10, 1848
To amend H.R. 201, establishing a territorial government in oregon, by inserting words to the effect that line 36 degree 30 parallel of north latitude, known as
On Aug 10, 1848, the Senate voted 33–21 (HR 201). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–10, Others 10–11. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 10, 1848
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 11 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- 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
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 201, establishing a…: Senate Vote, Aug 10, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-236/to-amend-h-r-201-establishing-a-territorial-government (accessed 2026-10-17).