Senate roll call 759 · 27th Congress · Feb 27, 1843
To amend S. 128, to provide that no distribution of said books shall ever be made to the members of this or of any future Congress.
On Feb 27, 1843, the Senate voted 26–11 (S 128). Result: passed. By party: Others 8–11, Democrats 18–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 27, 1843
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- 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
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- 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
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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