Senate roll call 123 · 28th Congress · May 30, 1844
To consent to the nomination of edwin wilbur, to be the collector of customs for the district of newport, r.i. (vice william littlefield, removed).
On May 30, 1844, the Senate voted 12–23. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–23, Democrats 12–0.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 30, 1844
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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