Senate roll call 43 · 29th Congress · Apr 14, 1846
To consent to the nomination of gideon welles to be chief of the bureau of provisions and clothing. (the chair voting in the affirmative.) (p. 45-48,63)
On Apr 14, 1846, the Senate voted 20–20. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–8, Others 0–12. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 14, 1846
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted no
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- 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
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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