Senate roll call 85 · 29th Congress · Jun 5, 1846
To table the resolution requesting the President to inform the Senate whether any army officer, during 1845 or 1846, illegally called volunteers or militia into
On Jun 5, 1846, the Senate voted 11–36. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–19, Others 3–17. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jun 5, 1846
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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