Senate roll call 267 · 28th Congress · Feb 27, 1845
To consider the first division of the amendment of h.j.r. 46 to admit the state of texas and any other territory contained in any portion of the present territo
On Feb 27, 1845, the Senate voted 18–33 (HJR 46). Result: failed. By party: Others 15–12, Democrats 3–21. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Feb 27, 1845
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- 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
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton 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
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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