Senate roll call 38 · 30th Congress · Mar 7, 1848
To let stand the words in the treaty that the relations and communications between the catholics living in the aforesaid territories and their respective eccles
On Mar 7, 1848, the Senate voted 18–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–10, Others 2–19. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 7, 1848
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 19 no · 4 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- 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
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Allen D-OH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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