Senate roll call 304 · 30th Congress · Feb 12, 1849
To amend H.R. 692, (app. 3/2/1849), making appropriations for civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the fiscal year 1850,which amendment repeals a
On Feb 12, 1849, the Senate voted 17–32 (HR 692). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–21, Others 7–11. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 12, 1849
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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