Senate roll call 103 · 28th Congress · May 16, 1844
To pass the bill S. 66, n.p. Relating to claim of henry gardner and others, directors of new england land company association. (p. 603)
On May 16, 1844, the Senate voted 18–11 (S 66). Result: passed. By party: Others 17–0, Democrats 1–11. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 16, 1844
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Buchanan D-PA 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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