Senate roll call 257 · 28th Congress · Feb 15, 1845
To postpone until wednesday next the consideration of the resolution providing that the daily hour of the meeting of the Senate shall be at 11 o'clock. (p. 292
On Feb 15, 1845, the Senate voted 24–22. Result: passed. By party: Others 24–2, Democrats 0–20.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Feb 15, 1845
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 20 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others24 yes · 2 no · 4 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
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- 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
- 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 Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- 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
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- 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
- George Mcduffie D-SC
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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