Senate roll call 233 · 28th Congress · Jan 29, 1845
To amend S. 46 to eliminate the first section of the bill and to provide that 1) postage rates are determined according to both distance transmitted and weight
On Jan 29, 1845, the Senate voted 17–24 (S 46). Result: failed. By party: Others 5–16, Democrats 12–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 29, 1845
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- 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
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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