Senate roll call 250 · 29th Congress · Aug 8, 1846
To reconsider the resolution consenting to the ratification of the treaty between the U.S. And the cherokee indians which the Senate had rejected.
On Aug 8, 1846, the Senate voted 28–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–9, Others 15–3. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Aug 8, 1846
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 3 no · 9 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Jesse Speight D-MS 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 Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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