Senate roll call 343 · 29th Congress · Feb 27, 1847
On consenting to the nomination of william ramsey to be a captain in the U.S. Navy. (p. 183-193, 220)
On Feb 27, 1847, the Senate voted 17–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–6, Others 5–6. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 27, 1847
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 6 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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