Senate roll call 232 · 28th Congress · Jan 29, 1845
To amend S. 46, to increase from 100 to 250 miles the distance to which the five cent postage extends.
On Jan 29, 1845, the Senate voted 21–25 (S 46). Result: failed. By party: Others 12–14, Democrats 9–11. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jan 29, 1845
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 11 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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