Senate roll call 60 · 29th Congress · Apr 29, 1846
To amend S. 4, granting alternate sections of the public domain for completing certain works of internal improvements in the state of michigan, by proposing to
On Apr 29, 1846, the Senate voted 19–15 (S 4). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–1, Others 2–14. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Apr 29, 1846
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- 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
- William Allen D-OH
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- 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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