Senate roll call 173 · 28th Congress · Jun 14, 1844
To consent to the nomination of henry comajer to be collector of customs for the district of maumee and inspector of the revenue for the port of maumee, ohio (v
On Jun 14, 1844, the Senate voted 12–30. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–22, Democrats 12–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 14, 1844
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
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
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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