Senate roll call 138 · 28th Congress · Jun 1, 1844
To amend the bill H.R. 203, making appropriations for certain rivers and harbors and commonly called the eastern or atlantic harbor bill, by including an approp
On Jun 1, 1844, the Senate voted 14–23 (HR 203). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–15, Others 10–8. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 1, 1844
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- 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
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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