Senate roll call 32 · 28th Congress · Mar 8, 1844
To consent to the nomination of harvey chapin to be deputy postmaster at springfield, mass. (in place of solomon warriner, removed).
On Mar 8, 1844, the Senate voted 20–26. Result: failed. By party: Others 3–24, Democrats 17–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 8, 1844
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Fairfield D-ME voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- 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
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- 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
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- 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
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- 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
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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