Senate roll call 181 · 29th Congress · Jul 23, 1846
To amend H.R. 18, by appropriating $100,000 for improvement tenn. River, and removal of obstructions in that river above the shoals, to be expended under the di
On Jul 23, 1846, the Senate voted 13–36 (HR 18). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–21, Others 6–15. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jul 23, 1846
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- George Evans O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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