Senate roll call 306 · 30th Congress · Feb 15, 1849
To table S. 457, granting a pension to MRS. Mary b. Dix, widow of the late colonel dix of the U.S. Army. (p. 541-1)
On Feb 15, 1849, the Senate voted 24–20 (S 457). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–13, Others 11–7. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 15, 1849
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- 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
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps 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 Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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