Senate roll call 91 · 29th Congress · Jun 9, 1846
To resume comsideration of the resolution requesting the secretary of the treasury to transmit to the Senate the supplement to the synopsis of the treasury inst
On Jun 9, 1846, the Senate voted 20–28. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–21, Others 14–7. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 9, 1846
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Davis O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene 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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