Senate roll call 64 · 28th Congress · Apr 24, 1844
To amend S. 51, by seeking to give congressmen authority to frank and receive postage free letters in manuscript during the recess of Congress. (p. 555)
On Apr 24, 1844, the Senate voted 17–26 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Others 11–12, Democrats 6–14. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 24, 1844
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 14 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
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
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- 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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