Senate roll call 250 · 28th Congress · Feb 10, 1845
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 75, providing for a free bridge across the eastern branch of the potomac river in the city of washington.
On Feb 10, 1845, the Senate voted 28–17 (S 75). Result: passed. By party: Others 23–1, Democrats 5–16. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 10, 1845
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 16 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others23 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- George Mcduffie D-SC
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- James Semple D-IL
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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