Senate roll call 26 · 30th Congress · Mar 3, 1848
To let stand the provision in the eleventh article of the treaty with mexico, which provision binds the U.S. To rescue and return mexicans captured by the india
On Mar 3, 1848, the Senate voted 39–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–8, Others 14–4. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 3, 1848
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley 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
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- 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
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
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 Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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