Senate roll call 235 · 28th Congress · Feb 3, 1845
To amend S. 46 to provide exemption for members of Congress, delegates from territories, the presiding officers of the two houses of Congress, the secretary of
On Feb 3, 1845, the Senate voted 16–24 (S 46). Result: failed. By party: Others 7–14, Democrats 9–10. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 3, 1845
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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