Senate roll call 205 · 28th Congress · Jun 15, 1844
To postpone consideration of the nomination of caleb cushing to be secretary of the treasury, to 10 p.m. This day.
On Jun 15, 1844, the Senate voted 30–11. Result: passed. By party: Others 16–8, Democrats 14–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jun 15, 1844
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- 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
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- William Allen D-OH
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Henderson O-MS
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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