Senate roll call 132 · 29th Congress · Jul 1, 1846
To recommit to the committee on patents and patent office, the bill H.R. 217, specifying the powers and legalizing certain acts of the chief clerk of the patent
On Jul 1, 1846, the Senate voted 26–18 (HR 217). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–7, Others 5–11. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jul 1, 1846
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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