Senate roll call 32 · 30th Congress · Mar 4, 1848
To let stand the words in the treaty providing that no harm befall the persons or property of women, children, ecclesiastics,scholars, farmers, merchants, artis
On Mar 4, 1848, the Senate voted 45–5. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–5, Others 19–0. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 45
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 4, 1848
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS 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
- David Levy Yulee 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- 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
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- 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
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To let stand the words in the treaty…: Senate Vote, Mar 4, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-32/to-let-stand-the-words-in-the-treaty-providing (accessed 2026-10-17).