Senate roll call 274 · 28th Congress · Feb 27, 1845
To amend the amendment to h.j.r.46 to stipulate that a certain area of the territory of texas shall or shall not have slavery as the people of that territory de
On Feb 27, 1845, the Senate voted 16–33 (HJR 46). Result: failed. By party: Others 15–10, Democrats 1–23. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Feb 27, 1845
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 10 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-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
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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