Senate roll call 236 · 28th Congress · Feb 3, 1845
To amend S. 46 to eliminate the franking privilege extended to delegates of Congress, clerks of the house and secretary of the Senate, thereby placing all gover
On Feb 3, 1845, the Senate voted 15–20 (S 46). Result: failed. By party: Others 10–9, Democrats 5–11. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 3, 1845
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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 Elliott Huger D-SC
- 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
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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