Senate roll call 816 · 27th Congress · Mar 3, 1843
To amend H.R. 655, to reduce the period during which widows are to receive pensions, from five years to one year, in order to allow the next Congress to decide
On Mar 3, 1843, the Senate voted 24–21 (HR 655). Result: passed. By party: Others 11–17, Democrats 13–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 3, 1843
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Perry Smith D-CT voted no
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow 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
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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