Senate roll call 4 · 30th Congress · Jan 5, 1848
To amend in the nature of a substitute, S. 26, providing for the addition of ten regiments to the U.S. Army, so that the volunteer force is increased not to exc
On Jan 5, 1848, the Senate voted 19–26 (S 26). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–24, Others 19–2.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 5, 1848
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 24 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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