Senate roll call 102 · 28th Congress · May 16, 1844
To consider the resolution relating to annexation of texas, that further proceedings on the texas treaty be had with open doors.
On May 16, 1844, the Senate voted 12–30. Result: failed. By party: Others 5–18, Democrats 7–12. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 16, 1844
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
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
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- 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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