Senate roll call 48 · 29th Congress · Apr 16, 1846
To amend H.J. RES. 4 by taking from the President the discretion given him in the amendment declaring that he is authorized, at his discretion, to notify great
On Apr 16, 1846, the Senate voted 22–32 (HJR 4). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–8, Others 0–24. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Apr 16, 1846
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Jesse Speight 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
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker 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
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
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