Senate roll call 46 · 28th Congress · Mar 21, 1844
To adopt a resolution directing the President to give notice to the british government of the desire of the United States to abrogate the 3rd article of the tre
On Mar 21, 1844, the Senate voted 18–28. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–25, Democrats 18–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 21, 1844
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 25 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- 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
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
Other votes
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