Senate roll call 6 · 29th Congress · Mar 15, 1845
To pass the resolution consenting to the ratification of the convention for the mutual abolition of the droit d'aubaine, for confiscation of property of decease
On Mar 15, 1845, the Senate voted 36–1. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–1, Others 17–0. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 15, 1845
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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