Senate roll call 209 · 29th Congress · Aug 1, 1846
To amend H.R. 51, by adding a $100,000 appropriation for building a dry dock at kittery, me. Navy yard, to amended amendment appropriating $150,000 for commenci
On Aug 1, 1846, the Senate voted 21–28 (HR 51). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Others 8–13. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Aug 1, 1846
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- 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
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- 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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