Senate roll call 57 · 28th Congress · Apr 17, 1844
To amend S. 51, by a provision that in lieu of present privilege to members of Congress to send communications through the mails free of postage, that each memb
On Apr 17, 1844, the Senate voted 11–23 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–8, Others 2–15. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 17, 1844
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- 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
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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