Senate roll call 30 · 30th Congress · Mar 4, 1848
To let stand the words in the treaty stipulating that the United States shall demand release of any mexican now held captive by savages on United States territo
On Mar 4, 1848, the Senate voted 39–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–9, Others 17–1. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 4, 1848
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- 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
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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