Senate roll call 107 · 29th Congress · Jun 17, 1846
To consent to the nomination of john k. Kane to be judge of the district court of the U.S. For the eastern district of pennsylvania. (p. 91, 86-90)
On Jun 17, 1846, the Senate voted 28–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–4, Others 1–19. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 17, 1846
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 19 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon 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
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple 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
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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