Senate roll call 175 · 29th Congress · Jul 22, 1846
On adoption, of the resolution to remove the injunction of secrecy from the documents and proceedings relating to the boundary treaty of oregon ratified july 17
On Jul 22, 1846, the Senate voted 22–30. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–13, Others 6–17. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jul 22, 1846
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 17 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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