Senate roll call 284 · 28th Congress · Mar 1, 1845
To agree to the amendment to S.46, as modified, to permit the franking privilege, in receiving as well as sending letters, to the senators and would extend this
On Mar 1, 1845, the Senate voted 25–18 (S 46). Result: passed. By party: Others 9–13, Democrats 16–5. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 1, 1845
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Chester Ashley D-AR voted no
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- George Evans O-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
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- 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
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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