Senate roll call 325 · 29th Congress · Feb 8, 1847
On agreeing to the conference committee report on the disagreeing votes of the two houses relative to the first proposition of the report of military affairs co
On Feb 8, 1847, the Senate voted 18–22 (HR 576). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–5, Others 0–17. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 8, 1847
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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