Senate roll call 43 · 30th Congress · Mar 8, 1848
To allow certain words in the fifth section of the treaty with mexico to stand. The words relate to the boundary between U.S. And mexico.
On Mar 8, 1848, the Senate voted 35–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–0, Others 3–15.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 8, 1848
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
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
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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