Senate roll call 151 · 29th Congress · Jul 13, 1846
To amend S. 57 (9 stat 53, 8/6/1846), amending an act entitled "an act to provide revenue from imports and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on
On Jul 13, 1846, the Senate voted 20–25 (S 57). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–23, Others 18–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jul 13, 1846
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 23 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 57 (9 stat 53, 8/6/1846)…: Senate Vote, Jul 13, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-S-151/to-amend-s-57-9-stat-53-8-6 (accessed 2026-10-15).