Senate roll call 153 · 28th Congress · Jun 11, 1844
To amend the bill H.R. 31, (app. 6/17/1844, 5 stat. L. 696), making appropriations for the support of the army for fiscal 1845, by appropriating $35,000 for the
On Jun 11, 1844, the Senate voted 11–23 (HR 31). Result: failed. By party: Others 1–18, Democrats 10–5. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 11, 1844
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the bill H.R. 31, (app. 6/17/1844…: Senate Vote, Jun 11, 1844,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/28-S-153/to-amend-the-bill-h-r-31-app-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).