Senate roll call 302 · 30th Congress · Feb 9, 1849
To table the hannegan resolution, which requests the President to purchase the rights of the hudson bay co. And the puget sound agricultral co. To the navigatio
On Feb 9, 1849, the Senate voted 33–9. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–7, Others 11–2. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 9, 1849
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger 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
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- 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
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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