Senate roll call 65 · 28th Congress · Apr 24, 1844
To amend S. 51, by providing that all members of Congress be placed on an equal basis on the matter of free stamps, by removing all limitations as to distances.
On Apr 24, 1844, the Senate voted 40–1 (S 51). Result: passed. By party: Others 21–1, Democrats 19–0.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 40
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Apr 24, 1844
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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