Senate roll call 3 · 28th Congress · Jan 11, 1844
To consent to the nomination of george h. Proffit as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to brazil, in place of william hunter, recalled.
On Jan 11, 1844, the Senate voted 8–33. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–23, Democrats 8–10. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 11, 1844
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Robert John Walker D-MS
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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