Senate roll call 199 · 30th Congress · Aug 1, 1848
To amend H.R. 298 (app. 8/12/1848) appropriating for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1849, which amendme
On Aug 1, 1848, the Senate voted 17–33 (HR 298). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–17, Others 3–16. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Aug 1, 1848
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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