Senate roll call 296 · 30th Congress · Feb 2, 1849
To direct the secretary to request the House Of Representatives to return S. RES. 55, extending the time for receiving proposals for the printing of Congress UN
On Feb 2, 1849, the Senate voted 31–20 (SRE 55). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–2, Others 2–18. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 2, 1849
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 2 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 18 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- 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
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
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