Senate roll call 65 · 30th Congress · Mar 15, 1848
To recommit S. 26 to the committee on military affairs with instructions to amend, substituting subject as follows, there shall be added to each company of arti
On Mar 15, 1848, the Senate voted 17–28 (S 26). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–27, Others 15–1. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 15, 1848
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 27 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Roger Sherman Baldwin O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Wales O-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Thomas Metcalfe O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit S. 26 to the committee on…: Senate Vote, Mar 15, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-65/to-recommit-s-26-to-the-committee-on-military (accessed 2026-10-17).