Senate roll call 235 · 30th Congress · Aug 10, 1848
To amend H.R. 201, which establishes a territorial government in oregon, by inserting "that in as much the said territory is north 36 degrees 30 parellel of nor
On Aug 10, 1848, the Senate voted 2–52 (HR 201). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–31, Others 0–21. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 2
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 10, 1848
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 31 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- 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 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 201, which establishes a…: Senate Vote, Aug 10, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-235/to-amend-h-r-201-which-establishes-a-territorial (accessed 2026-10-17).