Senate roll call 259 · 29th Congress · Dec 28, 1846
On ordering engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 32, to purchase the papers of the late alexander hamilton.
On Dec 28, 1846, the Senate voted 26–12 (S 32). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–12, Others 18–0. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Dec 28, 1846
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted yes
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon 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
How each senator voted: No
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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