Senate roll call 24 · 30th Congress · Mar 3, 1848
To let stand the words in the treaty that all grants of lands made by the mexican government or by competent authorities in territories previously appertaining
On Mar 3, 1848, the Senate voted 19–33. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–30, Others 17–3. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 3, 1848
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 30 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- 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
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- 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
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-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
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- 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 Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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