Senate roll call 247 · 29th Congress · Aug 8, 1846
To amend the resolution by eliminating the fifth article from the treaty reading, first deducting therefrom the sum of fifty thousand dollars to be paid to the
On Aug 8, 1846, the Senate voted 23–18. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–10, Others 8–8. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Aug 8, 1846
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY 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
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- 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
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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