Senate roll call 142 · 29th Congress · Jul 8, 1846
To amend S. 12, by eliminating section proposing to repeal all acts and parts thereof, providing for an exemption from the imposition of taxes upon land sold by
On Jul 8, 1846, the Senate voted 5–36 (S 12). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–26, Others 5–10.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 8, 1846
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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