Senate roll call 66 · 29th Congress · May 6, 1846
To agree to the resolution declaring that after this day the regular adjournment time of the Senate shall be 11 a.m. Until otherwise ordered.
On May 6, 1846, the Senate voted 15–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–8, Others 1–15. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 6, 1846
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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