Senate roll call 112 · 29th Congress · Jun 18, 1846
To amend the resolution by requesting from President information relative to hudson bay company and all british subjects, occupying land or other properties in
On Jun 18, 1846, the Senate voted 36–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–6, Others 11–9. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 18, 1846
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-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
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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