Senate roll call 92 · 28th Congress · May 15, 1844
To amend amendment to resolution relating to the annexation of texas, by eliminating the words "that the will of the people ought to be consulted".
On May 15, 1844, the Senate voted 11–29. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–21, Democrats 11–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 15, 1844
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- 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
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
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