Senate roll call 229 · 28th Congress · Jan 22, 1845
To recommit to the committee on military affairs, the bill S. 52, directing the secretary of war to investigate the claim of joshua shaw against the united stat
On Jan 22, 1845, the Senate voted 20–23 (S 52). Result: failed. By party: Others 6–16, Democrats 14–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jan 22, 1845
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
How each senator voted: No
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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