Senate roll call 74 · 29th Congress · May 15, 1846
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate concurred in the report of the committee on military affairs recommending that the Senate disagree to the house amend
On May 15, 1846, the Senate voted 22–22 (S 29). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–22, Others 21–0. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 15, 1846
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- 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
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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