Senate roll call 303 · 28th Congress · Mar 3, 1845
To amend the bill H.R. 541, to make appropriations for improvements of certain rivers and harbors, the amendment appropriating a sum for improvements at sheboyg
On Mar 3, 1845, the Senate voted 11–26 (HR 541). Result: failed. By party: Others 7–12, Democrats 4–14. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 3, 1845
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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