Senate roll call 52 · 29th Congress · Apr 20, 1846
To amend the reported amendment of the comm. On printing to the motion that 60,000 copies of the report of the commissioner of patents and the accompanying docu
On Apr 20, 1846, the Senate voted 18–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Others 5–16. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 20, 1846
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
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