Senate roll call 246 · 29th Congress · Aug 8, 1846
On deciding the question raised by the motion of ambrose h. Sevier, shall the 12th article stand as part of the treaty between the U.S. And the cherokee indians
On Aug 8, 1846, the Senate voted 10–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–15, Others 3–8. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Aug 8, 1846
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-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
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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