Senate roll call 77 · 28th Congress · May 10, 1844
To amend the resolution reprimanding benjamin tappan for violating Senate rule 36, so as to also reprimand him for furnishing for publication documents directed
On May 10, 1844, the Senate voted 33–12. Result: passed. By party: Others 16–9, Democrats 17–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 10, 1844
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted no
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC voted no
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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