Senate roll call 61 · 28th Congress · Apr 18, 1844
To amend S. 51, by making the five cent postage zone cover from 30 to 100 miles instead of 30 to 180 miles, and the ten cent zone from 100 to 300 miles, instead
On Apr 18, 1844, the Senate voted 24–17 (S 51). Result: passed. By party: Others 13–9, Democrats 11–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Apr 18, 1844
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Semple D-IL voted no
- Sidney Breese D-IL voted no
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- William Sprague O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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