Senate roll call 707 · 27th Congress · Jan 16, 1843
To order engrossment and third reading of S. J. RES. 1, which proposes an amendment to the constitution, so as to limit the term of office of the judges of the
On Jan 16, 1843, the Senate voted 11–24 (SJR 1). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–23, Democrats 11–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 16, 1843
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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