Senate roll call 214 · 29th Congress · Aug 3, 1846
To amend amendment of the house to S. 12, reducing and graduating the price of public lands, by reducing from 20 to 15 years the time necessary for public lands
On Aug 3, 1846, the Senate voted 28–23 (S 12). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–2, Others 2–21. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Aug 3, 1846
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- 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
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend amendment of the house to S. 12…: Senate Vote, Aug 3, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-S-214/to-amend-amendment-of-the-house-to-s-12 (accessed 2026-10-17).