Senate roll call 161 · 28th Congress · Jun 12, 1844
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 169, supplementing an act authorizing the secretary of state to liquidate certain claims therein mentioned
On Jun 12, 1844, the Senate voted 19–13 (S 169). Result: passed. By party: Others 16–1, Democrats 3–12. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jun 12, 1844
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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