Senate roll call 821 · 27th Congress · Mar 3, 1843
To amend an amendment to H. R. 720, by adding a proviso to the amendment which limits the annual compensation to any one person employed under this act, said PR
On Mar 3, 1843, the Senate voted 29–11 (HR 720). Result: passed. By party: Others 16–9, Democrats 13–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 3, 1843
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- 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
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie 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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