Senate roll call 297 · 30th Congress · Feb 8, 1849
To read for the third time H.R. 85, regarding the claim of william debuys, late postmaster at new orleans. (p. 482-3)
On Feb 8, 1849, the Senate voted 26–19 (HR 85). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–13, Others 11–6. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 8, 1849
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
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
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To read for the third time H.R. 85…: Senate Vote, Feb 8, 1849,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-297/to-read-for-the-third-time-h-r-85 (accessed 2026-10-15).