Senate roll call 51 · 30th Congress · Mar 8, 1848
To concur in an amendment to eliminate from the 11th article the prohibition on the sale of guns and bullets to indians in american territory.
On Mar 8, 1848, the Senate voted 28–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–6, Others 5–11. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 8, 1848
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-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
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- 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 Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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