Senate roll call 1 · 28th Congress · Jan 8, 1844
To request the President to furnish a copy of any instructions he may have given to the minister to england with respect to the title and occupation of oregon,
On Jan 8, 1844, the Senate voted 14–31. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–25, Democrats 14–6. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jan 8, 1844
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 25 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- 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
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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