Senate roll call 75 · 29th Congress · May 18, 1846
To amend S. 120, (9 stat 17, 6/17/1846), making alterations in the pay department of the army, by eliminating the second section as amended, proposing to repeal
On May 18, 1846, the Senate voted 16–28 (S 120). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–14, Others 3–14. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 18, 1846
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted yes
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 120, (9 stat 17, 6/17/1846)…: Senate Vote, May 18, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-S-75/to-amend-s-120-9-stat-17-6-17 (accessed 2026-10-17).