Senate roll call 305 · 29th Congress · Jan 30, 1847
To recommit to committee on judiciary, in order to postpone present consideration, the bill S. 28, creating an office of surveyor general of the public lands in
On Jan 30, 1847, the Senate voted 31–13 (S 28). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–13, Others 21–0. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 30, 1847
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- 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
- George Evans O-ME
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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