Senate roll call 281 · 30th Congress · Jan 5, 1849
To table resolution, requesting the President of the U.S. To inform the Senate, whether any and what negotiations or correspondence have taken place between thi
On Jan 5, 1849, the Senate voted 24–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–5, Others 2–14. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 5, 1849
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge 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
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- 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
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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