Senate roll call 46 · 29th Congress · Apr 15, 1846
To consent to the nomination and appointment of gideon welles to be chief of the bureau of provisions and clothing. (p. 45-48, 63)
On Apr 15, 1846, the Senate voted 24–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–3, Others 0–21. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 15, 1846
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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