Senate roll call 79 · 30th Congress · Mar 30, 1848
To table S.J. RES. 15 (app. 4/13/1848) providing for congratulations to france in the name of the american people and Congress, upon their sucess in their recen
On Mar 30, 1848, the Senate voted 14–28 (SJR 15). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–21, Others 7–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 30, 1848
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- 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
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table S.J. RES. 15 (app. 4/13/1848)…: Senate Vote, Mar 30, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-79/to-table-s-j-res-15-app-4-13 (accessed 2026-10-16).