Senate roll call 265 · 30th Congress · Dec 11, 1848
To amend the report of the secretary of treasury on the financial state of the country, and a statement of the receipts and expenditures for the last year, by p
On Dec 11, 1848, the Senate voted 29–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–3, Others 0–18. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Dec 11, 1848
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis 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
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley 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
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the report of the secretary of…: Senate Vote, Dec 11, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-265/to-amend-the-report-of-the-secretary-of-treasury (accessed 2026-10-17).