Senate roll call 215 · 28th Congress · Jan 2, 1845
To pass the bill S. 3, (app. 3/1/1845, 5 stat. L. 731), granting lands to the state of indiana to complete the wabash and erie canal from terre haute to the ohi
On Jan 2, 1845, the Senate voted 31–8 (S 3). Result: passed. By party: Others 19–1, Democrats 12–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 2, 1845
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- 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
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- 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 pass the bill S. 3, (app. 3/1/1845, 5…: Senate Vote, Jan 2, 1845,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/28-S-215/to-pass-the-bill-s-3-app-3-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).