Senate roll call 139 · 29th Congress · Jul 8, 1846
To amend an amendment to S. 12, a bill reducing and graduating the price of public lands, by eliminating the provision that all public lands unsold up to march
On Jul 8, 1846, the Senate voted 27–20 (S 12). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–17, Others 18–3. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jul 8, 1846
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Did not vote
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend an amendment to S. 12, a bill…: Senate Vote, Jul 8, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-S-139/to-amend-an-amendment-to-s-12-a-bill (accessed 2026-10-17).