Senate roll call 212 · 29th Congress · Aug 1, 1846
To amend H.R. 51, by authorizing the President to contract for construction of any ship for the public service when he thinks it can be done efficiently and mor
On Aug 1, 1846, the Senate voted 23–18 (HR 51). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–8, Others 6–10. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Aug 1, 1846
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN 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
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- 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
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- 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
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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