Senate roll call 226 · 29th Congress · Aug 5, 1846
To amend H.R. 50, by appropriating $320,000 for paying principal and interest on fourth and fifth installments of mexican indemnities due in april and july, 184
On Aug 5, 1846, the Senate voted 21–23 (HR 50). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–14, Others 10–9. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 5, 1846
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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