Senate roll call 273 · 30th Congress · Jan 2, 1849
To engross and read for the third time S. 139, regarding the claim of john p. Baldwin, owner of the spanish brig "gil blas", wrecked on the coast of florida, wi
On Jan 2, 1849, the Senate voted 22–23 (S 139). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–15, Others 7–8. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 2, 1849
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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