Senate roll call 298 · 29th Congress · Jan 28, 1847
To amend H.R. 576, by authorizing the President to accept the services of 10,000 volunteers in addition to volunteers already recruited by the act of may 13, 18
On Jan 28, 1847, the Senate voted 12–36 (HR 576). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–18, Others 2–18. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 28, 1847
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- 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
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- James Semple D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- 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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