Senate roll call 332 · 29th Congress · Feb 15, 1847
On deciding the question raised by the motion of arthur bagby to eliminate the third article of the treaty between the U.S. And the commanche and other tribes o
On Feb 15, 1847, the Senate voted 12–17. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–3, Others 0–14. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 15, 1847
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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