Senate roll call 294 · 28th Congress · Mar 3, 1845
To adopt the resolution directing payment out of the contingent fund of the usual extra allowances to the clerks and officers of the Senate, the same amounts re
On Mar 3, 1845, the Senate voted 27–16. Result: passed. By party: Others 21–1, Democrats 6–15. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 3, 1845
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- 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
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison 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
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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