Senate roll call 294 · 30th Congress · Jan 31, 1849
To table the nomination of cornelius s. Bogardus as naval officer for the district of new york in the states of n.y. (p. 5, 32)
On Jan 31, 1849, the Senate voted 17–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–25, Others 14–0. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 31, 1849
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 25 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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 Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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