Senate roll call 69 · 28th Congress · May 6, 1844
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 35, making appropriations for the continuation of the cumberland road through the states of ohio, indiana
On May 6, 1844, the Senate voted 23–12 (S 35). Result: passed. By party: Others 13–6, Democrats 10–6. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 6, 1844
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- 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
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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