Senate roll call 96 · 30th Congress · Apr 14, 1848
To engross and read for the third time S. 114, authorizing the purchase of papers and documents of alexander hamilton.
On Apr 14, 1848, the Senate voted 19–13 (S 114). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 6–11, Others 13–2. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Apr 14, 1848
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 11 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason 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
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- 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
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- 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
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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