Senate roll call 49 · 28th Congress · Mar 25, 1844
To table the resolution proposing the appointment of an additional standing committee of five to be known as standing committee on territories. (p. 428)
On Mar 25, 1844, the Senate voted 18–21. Result: failed. By party: Others 16–5, Democrats 2–16. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 25, 1844
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- 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
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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