Senate roll call 79 · 29th Congress · May 26, 1846
To concur in amendment made in committee of the whole to S. 88 amending the act approved june 17, 1844, entitled "an act to provide for the adjustment of land c
On May 26, 1846, the Senate voted 17–22 (S 88). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–15, Others 7–7. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 26, 1846
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 7 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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