Senate roll call 117 · 28th Congress · May 28, 1844
To amend the bill S. 143, relieving the heirs of robert fulton and appropriating $76,300 as a balance due his representatives, after deducting $45,000 advanced
On May 28, 1844, the Senate voted 21–16 (S 143). Result: passed. By party: Others 16–4, Democrats 5–12. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 28, 1844
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- 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
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan 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
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- 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 Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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