Senate roll call 72 · 28th Congress · May 7, 1844
To pass the bill S. 35, making appropriations for the continuation of the cumberland road through the states of ohio, indiana and illinois. (p. 580)
On May 7, 1844, the Senate voted 20–11 (S 35). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–6, Others 10–5. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 7, 1844
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives 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
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- 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
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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