Senate roll call 242 · 30th Congress · Aug 11, 1848
To amend H.R. 599, by restricting free postage for weekly newspapers to those mailed within the state where published. (p. 1066-1)
On Aug 11, 1848, the Senate voted 25–20 (HR 599). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–14, Others 9–6. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Aug 11, 1848
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
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
- Edward Allen Hannegan 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
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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