Senate roll call 300 · 28th Congress · Mar 3, 1845
To amend H.R. 501 to grant appropriations for the improvement of the ohio river above the falls at louisville, plus an additional sum for the improvement below
On Mar 3, 1845, the Senate voted 21–25 (HR 501). Result: failed. By party: Others 11–13, Democrats 10–12. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 3, 1845
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Segar Archer 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
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- 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
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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