Senate roll call 116 · 28th Congress · May 28, 1844
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 109, as amended, granting pensions to the widows of officers, seamen or marines who have been killed, or d
On May 28, 1844, the Senate voted 20–16 (S 109). Result: passed. By party: Others 19–2, Democrats 1–14. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 28, 1844
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-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
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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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