Senate roll call 271 · 29th Congress · Jan 18, 1847
To amend S. 4, reducing and graduating the price of the public lands, by proposing to reduce from 15 to 10 years the time durring which such lands may be modifi
On Jan 18, 1847, the Senate voted 17–26 (S 4). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–6, Others 1–20. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 18, 1847
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- 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
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Allen D-OH
- 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
- 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
- George Edmund Badger O-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
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
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