Senate roll call 291 · 30th Congress · Jan 25, 1849
To reconsider passage of H.R. 270, (app. 2/1/1849), regarding the claim of john percival, captain in the navy of the United States, for the amount of money paid
On Jan 25, 1849, the Senate voted 12–30 (HR 270). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–13, Others 1–17. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 25, 1849
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King 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
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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