Senate roll call 233 · 29th Congress · Aug 6, 1846
To table the President's message until it has been printed and the Senate has studied its declarations relating to oregon's territorial government, appointment
On Aug 6, 1846, the Senate voted 25–19. Result: passed. By party: Others 20–3, Democrats 5–16. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 6, 1846
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 3 no · 4 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
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
Did not vote
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- 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
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
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