Senate roll call 354 · 29th Congress · Feb 27, 1847
On ordering engrossment and third reading of S. 184, for the relief of the suffering people of ireland and scotland.
On Feb 27, 1847, the Senate voted 27–13 (S 184). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–11, Others 17–2. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 27, 1847
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie 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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