Senate roll call 340 · 30th Congress · Mar 3, 1849
To amend H.R. 764, by eliminating the creation of a new executive department of the government, to be called "the department of the interior," and providing for
On Mar 3, 1849, the Senate voted 23–30 (HR 764). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–9, Others 0–21. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 3, 1849
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted no
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI voted no
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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