Senate roll call 283 · 30th Congress · Jan 9, 1849
To table the motion to receive the petition of daniel p. Bedinger, of kentucky, praying that an annual appropriation be made from the treasury of the united sta
On Jan 9, 1849, the Senate voted 10–35. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–19, Others 0–16. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 9, 1849
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 19 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
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 Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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