The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (30th Congress) · March 31, 1848
Recorded vote
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION WITH PREAMBLE, FOR THE ARREST OF JOHN NUGENT ON CHARGES OF COMTEMPT OF THE SENATE IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLICATION OF THE MEXICAN TREATY AND CORRESPONDENCE.
Other
The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
The official record
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 17 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 3 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: no member on this roll call
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: no member on this roll call
- Nevada: no member on this roll call
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: no member on this roll call
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: no member on this roll call
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: no member on this roll call
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Milton Niles (Democrat) — YEA
- Roger Sherman Baldwin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Middleton Clayton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Spruance (Whig) — YEA
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Levy Yulee (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Diament Westcott Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Sidney Breese (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Allen Hannegan (Democrat) — YEA
- Jesse David Bright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Jordan Crittenden (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Johnson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Webster (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Davis (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
- James Alfred Pearce (Whig) — YEA
- Reverdy Johnson (Whig) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Ware Bradbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alpheus Felch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Cass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Rice Atchison (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Edmund Badger (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Willie Person Mangum (Whig) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Gordon Atherton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Parker Hale (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Corwin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simon Cameron (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Collins Greene (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Hopkins Clarke (Whig) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat) — YEA
- John Bell (Whig) — YEA
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Houston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Democrat) — YEA
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Murray Mason (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
- Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig) — YEA
- William Upham (Whig) — YEA
Official records
Every vote, by name — 55 members
Select any member to pull their file.