Senate roll call 58 · 29th Congress · Apr 27, 1846
To reconsider the vote of the Senate rejecting the nomination of amos nourse to be collector of customs for the district and inspector of revenue for the port o
On Apr 27, 1846, the Senate voted 17–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–7, Others 0–17. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 27, 1846
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 17 no · 10 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
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
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
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- 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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