Senate roll call 31 · 30th Congress · Mar 4, 1848
To let stand the words in the treaty that no change shall ever be made therein except by the express and free consent of both nations, lawfully given by the gen
On Mar 4, 1848, the Senate voted 42–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–11, Others 20–0. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 42
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 4, 1848
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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