Senate roll call 307 · 29th Congress · Jan 30, 1847
To amend H.R. 576, by reducing the land grant bounty to those who served in the mexican war from one hundred sixty to eighty acres.
On Jan 30, 1847, the Senate voted 17–26 (HR 576). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–10, Others 5–16. 10 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 30, 1847
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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