Senate roll call 8 · 28th Congress · Jan 22, 1844
To amend, as in the committee of the whole, resolution relating to the convention for settlement of claims of the citizens and government of the mexican republi
On Jan 22, 1844, the Senate voted 38–4. Result: passed. By party: Others 21–2, Democrats 17–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 22, 1844
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Semple D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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