Senate roll call 99 · 29th Congress · Jun 11, 1846
To concur in house amendment to S. 185, which amendment gives the President authority to select the one major general and the two brigadier generals to be retai
On Jun 11, 1846, the Senate voted 12–39 (S 185). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–18, Others 0–21. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 11, 1846
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO 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
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
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 Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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