Senate roll call 337 · 29th Congress · Feb 16, 1847
To amend H.R. 596, by a provision that no parts of appropriation, except those necessary to fulfil existing contracts, be expended and only after careful examin
On Feb 16, 1847, the Senate voted 15–29 (HR 596). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–17, Others 7–12. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 16, 1847
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 12 no · 8 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
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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