Senate roll call 366 · 29th Congress · Mar 2, 1847
To amend a resolution providing for the public printing of the Senate proceedings, by providing that the established daily papers in the city shall have option
On Mar 2, 1847, the Senate voted 13–19. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–4, Others 0–15. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 2, 1847
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 15 no · 12 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
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- 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
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene 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
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- 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
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- 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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