Senate roll call 365 · 29th Congress · Mar 2, 1847
To amend the resolution providing for the public printing of the Senate proceedings, by seeking to compel DR. Houston to give bond and security for the performa
On Mar 2, 1847, the Senate voted 18–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–3, Others 0–20. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 2, 1847
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC 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
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- 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
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston 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
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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