Senate roll call 256 · 28th Congress · Feb 14, 1845
To refer to the committee on judiciary the bill H.R. 497, (app. 3/3/1845, 76 stat. L. 789) and (48-5 stat. L. 742) to provide for the admission of the states of
On Feb 14, 1845, the Senate voted 24–23 (HR 497). Result: passed. By party: Others 24–1, Democrats 0–22.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Feb 14, 1845
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 22 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others24 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- 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
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-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
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
Did not vote
Other votes
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