Senate roll call 41 · 28th Congress · Mar 15, 1844
To amend S. 33, by providing not to deduct the 320,000 acres appropriated to wisconsin from the 500,000 acres appropriated in another act, so that wis. Receives
On Mar 15, 1844, the Senate voted 11–31 (S 33). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–20, Democrats 9–11. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 15, 1844
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 11 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 20 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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