Senate roll call 359 · 29th Congress · Mar 2, 1847
To refer to a select committee, the resolution authorizing and making appropriations for a contract to furnish full reports of proceedings for the 30th session
On Mar 2, 1847, the Senate voted 20–28. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–5, Others 0–23. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 2, 1847
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC 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
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
Other votes
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