Senate roll call 261 · 29th Congress · Jan 6, 1847
On deciding the question raised by the motion of james simmons to eliminate the 12th article of the treaty, between the U.S. And the kingdom of hanover regulati
On Jan 6, 1847, the Senate voted 30–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–1, Others 6–13. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 6, 1847
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Davis O-MA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- 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
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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