Senate roll call 245 · 28th Congress · Feb 7, 1845
To adopt the amendment to S. 46 to allow members of Congress to mail their own letters free during the whole year.
On Feb 7, 1845, the Senate voted 22–21 (S 46). Result: passed. By party: Others 12–11, Democrats 10–10. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 7, 1845
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY voted no
- John Adams Dix D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- 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 Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- 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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