Senate roll call 284 · 30th Congress · Jan 10, 1849
To postpone indefinitely further consideration of the petition of daniel p. Bedinger, that an annual appropriation be made from the treasury to defray the expen
On Jan 10, 1849, the Senate voted 27–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–11, Others 4–12. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 10, 1849
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA 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
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- 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
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- 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
- 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
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- 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
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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