Senate roll call 708 · 27th Congress · Jan 20, 1843
To postpone indefinitely S. 70, a bill to secure to MR. Wilde, an american citizen, the benefits of our copyright law after his books have been published abroad
On Jan 20, 1843, the Senate voted 12–26 (S 70). Result: failed. By party: Others 1–22, Democrats 11–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 20, 1843
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- 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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