Senate roll call 53 · 29th Congress · Apr 20, 1846
To amend the reported amend. Of the committee on printing to the motion that 60,000 copies of the report of the commissioner of patents and the accompanying doc
On Apr 20, 1846, the Senate voted 21–27. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–14, Others 6–13. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 20, 1846
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 14 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- 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
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
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