Senate roll call 2 · 28th Congress · Jan 10, 1844
To postpone indefinitely, the bill S. 16, settling the title to pea patch island in the delaware river.
On Jan 10, 1844, the Senate voted 11–31 (S 16). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–22, Democrats 11–9. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 10, 1844
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow 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
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
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