Senate roll call 737 · 27th Congress · Feb 21, 1843
To amend H. R. 659, so as to provide that hereafter no person shall hold the place of cheif of the bureau of medicine and surgery, who shall not have had five y
On Feb 21, 1843, the Senate voted 27–7 (HR 65). Result: passed. By party: Others 15–6, Democrats 12–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 21, 1843
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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