Senate roll call 742 · 27th Congress · Feb 23, 1843
To amend H. R. 659, so as to provide an appropriation for the expenses of captured africans returned to the coast of africa, together with the appropriation to
On Feb 23, 1843, the Senate voted 5–36 (HR 659). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–26, Democrats 5–10. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 23, 1843
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 26 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- Perry Smith D-CT voted yes
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Allen D-OH
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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