Senate roll call 244 · 29th Congress · Aug 8, 1846
To amend the res., rhich amendment reads, "and for which lands it is agreed on the part of U.S. To pay to the cherokees 62 1/2 cents per acre for such parts as
On Aug 8, 1846, the Senate voted 22–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Others 10–4. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Aug 8, 1846
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- 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
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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