Senate roll call 116 · 29th Congress · Jun 18, 1846
To agree to the resolution rescinding the 40th rule for conducting business in the Senate, requiring closed doors when transacting executive business and provid
On Jun 18, 1846, the Senate voted 13–38. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–16, Others 0–22. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 18, 1846
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- 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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