Senate roll call 9 · 29th Congress · Mar 19, 1845
To consent to the nomination of john h. Prentiss, as U.S. Marshall for the northern district of new york.
On Mar 19, 1845, the Senate voted 11–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–9, Others 0–20. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 19, 1845
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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