Senate roll call 130 · 28th Congress · May 30, 1844
To consent to the nomination of joshua vansant, to be naval officer for the district of baltimore, MD., replacing dabney s. Carr, resigned.
On May 30, 1844, the Senate voted 17–23. Result: failed. By party: Others 1–23, Democrats 16–0.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 30, 1844
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 23 no · 6 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- 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
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple 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
- William Allen D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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