Senate roll call 53 · 30th Congress · Mar 8, 1848
To let stand in the 23rd article of the treaty, after "washington" the words, "or at the seat of the government of mexico".
On Mar 8, 1848, the Senate voted 38–1. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–1, Others 13–0. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 8, 1848
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
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
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- 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
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
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
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- 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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