Senate roll call 309 · 29th Congress · Jan 30, 1847
To amend H.R. 576, by making grant of bounty of acreage subject to preemption rights held by another or to actual settlement, cultivation or occupation by anoth
On Jan 30, 1847, the Senate voted 27–10 (HR 576). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–0, Others 5–10.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 30, 1847
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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