Senate roll call 96 · 28th Congress · May 15, 1844
To amend the resolution, by removing the injunction of secrecy on all messages and documents for publication relative to annexation of texas.
On May 15, 1844, the Senate voted 27–14. Result: passed. By party: Others 21–1, Democrats 6–13. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 15, 1844
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- 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
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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