Senate roll call 239 · 28th Congress · Feb 6, 1845
To amend the amendment to S. 46 to deny members of Congress the privilege of franking personal letters. (p. 252)
On Feb 6, 1845, the Senate voted 17–23 (S 46). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–13, Others 8–10. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 6, 1845
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted yes
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller 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 Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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