Senate roll call 101 · 28th Congress · May 16, 1844
To amend the resolution relative to texas treaty, by including in the printing of 20,000 copies of documents and treaty, all correspondence of MR. Clay and van
On May 16, 1844, the Senate voted 17–26. Result: failed. By party: Others 3–19, Democrats 14–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 16, 1844
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- 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
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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