Senate roll call 85 · 28th Congress · May 13, 1844
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 86 (journal description) to concur in the amended amendment to S. 86 which provides for the appointment of three TR
On May 13, 1844, the Senate voted 22–15 (S 86). Result: passed. By party: Others 18–1, Democrats 4–14. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 13, 1844
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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