Senate roll call 113 · 28th Congress · May 24, 1844
To request the house to return to the Senate for further consideration, the bill H.R. 256, regulating the pay of the army. (p. 623)
On May 24, 1844, the Senate voted 16–21 (HR 256). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–20, Democrats 16–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 24, 1844
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 20 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO 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
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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