Senate roll call 91 · 30th Congress · Apr 10, 1848
To table the resolution that john nugent be discharged from custody in the contempt proceedings for unauthorized publication of the mexican treaty and correspon
On Apr 10, 1848, the Senate voted 20–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–9, Others 10–2. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Apr 10, 1848
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 9 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- 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 Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
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