Senate roll call 84 · 29th Congress · Jun 5, 1846
On ordering engrossment and third reading of S. 13, appropriating alternate sections of the public lands for the improvement of pearl river.
On Jun 5, 1846, the Senate voted 21–15 (S 13). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–12, Others 10–3. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 5, 1846
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Jesse Speight D-MS voted yes
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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