Senate roll call 139 · 30th Congress · Jun 29, 1848
To postpone until tomorrow consideration of the motion to print 10,000 copies of the memorials of the chicago convention.
On Jun 29, 1848, the Senate voted 22–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–3, Others 1–13. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 29, 1848
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Other votes
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