Senate roll call 282 · 30th Congress · Jan 8, 1849
To table the motion to receive the petitions of female inhabitants of the U.S., praying for the adoption of measures for preventing the further extension of sla
On Jan 8, 1849, the Senate voted 25–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–9, Others 7–7. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 8, 1849
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To table the motion to receive the petitions…: Senate Vote, Jan 8…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-282/to-table-the-motion-to-receive-the-petitions-of (accessed 2026-10-17).