Senate roll call 253 · 28th Congress · Feb 11, 1845
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 77, authorizing the appointment of assistant surgeons and pursers in the navy.
On Feb 11, 1845, the Senate voted 17–21 (S 77). Result: failed. By party: Others 13–7, Democrats 4–14. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 11, 1845
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- 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
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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