Senate roll call 51 · 29th Congress · Apr 20, 1846
To agree to the house amendment to the Senate amendment to H.J. RES. 4, which amendment proposes that the President of the U.S. Be authorized to give to the bri
On Apr 20, 1846, the Senate voted 21–29 (HJR 4). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–8, Others 0–21. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 20, 1846
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA 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
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 Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster 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
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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