Senate roll call 109 · 28th Congress · May 20, 1844
To amend resolution to texas treaty, by removing the injunction of secrecy on the texas treaty, and all other speeches on the same subject as soon as delivered.
On May 20, 1844, the Senate voted 29–12. Result: passed. By party: Others 18–5, Democrats 11–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 20, 1844
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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