Senate roll call 45 · 30th Congress · Mar 8, 1848
To advise and consent to the ratification of the article in the treaty regarding the religious freedom of mexican emigrants to the U.S.
On Mar 8, 1848, the Senate voted 16–28. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–10, Others 1–18. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 8, 1848
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- 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
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- 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
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 Wales O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler 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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