Senate roll call 81 · 28th Congress · May 10, 1844
To pass the resolution amending the rules so that any officer or member of the Senate convicted of disclosing for publication any written or printed matter dire
On May 10, 1844, the Senate voted 21–17. Result: passed. By party: Others 17–4, Democrats 4–13. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 10, 1844
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
- George Mcduffie D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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