Senate roll call 141 · 28th Congress · Jun 4, 1844
To table motion to postpone previous business, thereby preventing consideration of the bill H.R. 241, for the improvement of the western shore of lake michigan.
On Jun 4, 1844, the Senate voted 17–20 (HR 241). Result: failed. By party: Others 15–7, Democrats 2–13. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 4, 1844
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 13 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin 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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