Senate roll call 245 · 30th Congress · Aug 11, 1848
To amend S. 313 (app. 3/3/1849), a bill carrying into effect stipulations of the treaty between the U.S. And mexico, made feb. 2, 1848, by eliminating second se
On Aug 11, 1848, the Senate voted 31–7 (S 313). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–5, Others 13–2. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Aug 11, 1848
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Murray Mason 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 Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 313 (app. 3/3/1849), a bill…: Senate Vote, Aug 11, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-245/to-amend-s-313-app-3-3-1849-a (accessed 2026-10-17).