Senate roll call 106 · 28th Congress · May 17, 1844
To table the resolution to adjourn Congress, sine die. (p. 607)
On May 17, 1844, the Senate voted 21–20. Result: passed. By party: Others 11–12, Democrats 10–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 17, 1844
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- James Semple D-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- 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
- William Allen D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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