Senate roll call 298 · 28th Congress · Mar 3, 1845
To amend the bill H.R. 501 (app. 3/3/1845, 5 stat. 745), making appropriations for the support of the army for fiscal 1846, which amendment eliminates the sum o
On Mar 3, 1845, the Senate voted 19–22 (HR 501). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–18, Others 16–4. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 3, 1845
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- 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
- George Evans O-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- 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
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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