Senate roll call 244 · 28th Congress · Feb 6, 1845
To reconsider the vote by which an amendment to S. 46, to limit the rates allowed to railroads transporting mail, was agreed to. (p. 254)
On Feb 6, 1845, the Senate voted 24–16 (S 46). Result: passed. By party: Others 17–5, Democrats 7–11. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 6, 1845
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted yes
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge 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
- 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
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- 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
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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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