Senate roll call 142 · 28th Congress · Jun 5, 1844
To consent to the nomination of mordecai myers, to be collector of customs for the district of savannah, ga. (vice james hunter, removed).
On Jun 5, 1844, the Senate voted 16–21. Result: failed. By party: Others 1–21, Democrats 15–0.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 5, 1844
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 21 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- 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
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- 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 Sprague O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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