Senate roll call 57 · 30th Congress · Mar 9, 1848
To let stand these words in the treaty-- "certificates in proper form for the said installments, respectively, in such sums as shall be desired by the mexican g
On Mar 9, 1848, the Senate voted 34–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–10, Others 12–9. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 9, 1848
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk 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
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Sidney Breese 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
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- 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
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk 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 Wales O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- 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 these words in the treaty…: Senate Vote, Mar 9, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-57/to-let-stand-these-words-in-the-treaty-certificates (accessed 2026-10-17).