Senate roll call 27 · 30th Congress · Mar 3, 1848
To let stand the words in the treaty stipulating that the United States shall forcibly curb invasions of mexico by savage tribes of the U.S., and the punishment
On Mar 3, 1848, the Senate voted 47–5. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–5, Others 19–0. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 47
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 3, 1848
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 0 no · 6 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
- William Allen D-OH 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
- John Macpherson Berrien O-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
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- 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
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- 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
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Allen D-OH
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
- 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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