Senate roll call 234 · 28th Congress · Jan 30, 1845
To amend S. 46 to provide each member of Congress and the delegates from the territories with five free covers each day to send throught the mail; these covers
On Jan 30, 1845, the Senate voted 27–17 (S 46). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–5, Others 10–12. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jan 30, 1845
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Henderson O-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 Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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