Senate roll call 185 · 28th Congress · Jun 14, 1844
To pass the bill H.R. 396, (app. 6/15/1844), making appropriations for certain objects of expenditures therein named for fiscal 1844. (p. 683)
On Jun 14, 1844, the Senate voted 26–15 (HR 396). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–11, Others 15–4. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jun 14, 1844
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jacob Welsh Miller 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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