Senate roll call 360 · 29th Congress · Mar 2, 1847
To amend a resolution relating to the public printing of the Senate proceedings by withdrawing the name of DR. James a. Houston, thus opening the way for compet
On Mar 2, 1847, the Senate voted 12–26. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–20, Democrats 12–6. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 2, 1847
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS 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
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- 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
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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