Senate roll call 213 · 29th Congress · Aug 1, 1846
To reconsider vote by which the Senate elinimated the third section of the bill H.R. 51, which section declared it the duty of the secretary of the navy to conf
On Aug 1, 1846, the Senate voted 21–17 (HR 51). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–13, Others 10–4. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Aug 1, 1846
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 13 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- 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
- James Semple D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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