Senate roll call 716 · 27th Congress · Feb 7, 1843
To amend S. 63, a bill to prevent the employment of private expresses upon mail routes and for the prevention of frauds upon the revenues of the post office dep
On Feb 7, 1843, the Senate voted 13–24 (S 63). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–16, Others 10–8. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 7, 1843
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Perry Smith D-CT voted yes
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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