Senate roll call 5 · 28th Congress · Jan 17, 1844
To consent to the nomination of issac hill as chief of bureaus of provisions and clothing of the navy department to fill vacancy caused by death of charles w. G
On Jan 17, 1844, the Senate voted 11–25. Result: failed. By party: Others 3–17, Democrats 8–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 17, 1844
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
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
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- 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
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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