Senate roll call 261 · 30th Congress · Aug 12, 1848
To recede from its amendment to H.R. 201, which amendment directs the governor of oregon, immediately after each session of the legislature, to transmit to the
On Aug 12, 1848, the Senate voted 31–22 (HR 201). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–15, Others 14–7. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Aug 12, 1848
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King 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
- 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
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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