Senate roll call 226 · 30th Congress · Aug 8, 1848
To pass H.R. 106 (app. 8/11/1848), remitting certain duties on railroad iron to the red river railroad. The globe reports the action as engrossment of the bill.
On Aug 8, 1848, the Senate voted 30–4 (HR 106). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–4, Others 15–0. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Aug 8, 1848
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 4 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley 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
- 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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