Senate roll call 126 · 29th Congress · Jun 27, 1846
To amend an amendment which proposed to recommit, with instructions, to the committee on the district of columbia, the joint resolution H.J. RES. 6, authorizing
On Jun 27, 1846, the Senate voted 19–24 (HJR 6). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–4, Others 0–20. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 27, 1846
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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