Senate roll call 11 · 28th Congress · Jan 30, 1844
To decide the question, made in the committee of the whole, jan. 30, 1844, shall article 16 stand as part of convention for settlement of claims of the citizens
On Jan 30, 1844, the Senate voted 25–17. Result: passed. By party: Others 20–3, Democrats 5–14. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 30, 1844
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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