Senate roll call 23 · 29th Congress · Jan 21, 1846
To postpone consideration of S. 41, augmenting the U.S. Naval force, and to make it the order of the day on tuesday, february 16, 1846.
On Jan 21, 1846, the Senate voted 19–26 (S 41). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Others 5–15. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 21, 1846
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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