Senate roll call 69 · 30th Congress · Mar 17, 1848
To recommit S. 26 to the committee on military affairs, with instructions to amend it by providing that the President shall not appoint any officer to do any ot
On Mar 17, 1848, the Senate voted 20–28 (S 26). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–28, Others 18–0. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 17, 1848
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 28 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 0 no · 7 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
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- 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
- William Upham 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Fitzgerald D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk 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 recommit S. 26 to the committee on…: Senate Vote, Mar 17, 1848,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/30-S-69/to-recommit-s-26-to-the-committee-on-military (accessed 2026-10-17).