Senate roll call 231 · 29th Congress · Aug 6, 1846
To amend the resolution regarding our boundaries with mexico by providing that before the appropriation is made, the President shall inform the two houses of co
On Aug 6, 1846, the Senate voted 18–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–23, Others 15–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 6, 1846
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
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
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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