Senate roll call 44 · 28th Congress · Mar 20, 1844
To amend S. 33, by proposing to grant to the territory of wisconsin 320,000 acres of land in addition to the original grant of 500,000 acres proposed in this bi
On Mar 20, 1844, the Senate voted 11–28 (S 33). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–22, Democrats 11–6. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 20, 1844
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- 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
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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