Senate roll call 91 · 28th Congress · May 14, 1844
To pass the bill S. 94 (app. 6/12/1844, 5 stat. L. 662), amending an act entitled, an act to reorganize the general land office (journal description). To order
On May 14, 1844, the Senate voted 25–16 (S 94). Result: passed. By party: Others 8–13, Democrats 17–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 14, 1844
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- 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
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass the bill S. 94 (app. 6/12/1844, 5…: Senate Vote, May 14, 1844,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/28-S-91/to-pass-the-bill-s-94-app-6-12 (accessed 2026-10-17).