Senate roll call 257 · 30th Congress · Aug 12, 1848
To sustain decision of the chair, which held that senator foote was out of order in addressing the Senate because his remarks were irrelevant to H.R. 201.
On Aug 12, 1848, the Senate voted 2–27 (HR 201). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–15, Others 0–12. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 2
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Aug 12, 1848
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 15 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- 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
- William Allen D-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- 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
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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