Senate roll call 361 · 29th Congress · Mar 2, 1847
To amend a resolution relating to the public printing of the Senate proceedings, so as to authorize, but not direct the secretary of the Senate to contract with
On Mar 2, 1847, the Senate voted 12–26. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–21, Democrats 12–5. 5 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 · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 6 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- 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
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- 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
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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 Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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