Senate roll call 291 · 29th Congress · Jan 26, 1847
To amend H.R. 600, by providing that nothing in the 19th section shall be understood to deprive Congress of the power to grant bounty land for military service.
On Jan 26, 1847, the Senate voted 23–25 (HR 600). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–24, Others 21–1. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 26, 1847
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-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
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- 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
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-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
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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