Senate roll call 347 · 29th Congress · Feb 27, 1847
To reduce and graduate the price of public lands, thereby adding to the public revenues. (p. 528)
On Feb 27, 1847, the Senate voted 17–23 (S 4). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–4, Others 0–19. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 27, 1847
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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