Senate roll call 211 · 28th Congress · Dec 4, 1844
To adopt the resolution requesting the President to lay before the Senate, a copy of any instructions given the american minister to england, on the subject of
On Dec 4, 1844, the Senate voted 24–16. Result: passed. By party: Others 5–16, Democrats 19–0.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Dec 4, 1844
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
Other votes
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