Senate roll call 3 · 30th Congress · Dec 29, 1847
To consider S. 26, providing for the addition of 10 regiments for the U.S. Army. (vice-President voting in the affirmative.) (p. 78-3)
On Dec 29, 1847, the Senate voted 19–19 (S 26). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–3, Others 0–16. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Dec 29, 1847
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 3 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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