Senate roll call 10 · 28th Congress · Jan 30, 1844
To consent to the nomination of james m. Porter, as secretary of war in place of john c. Spencer, resigned.
On Jan 30, 1844, the Senate voted 3–38. Result: failed. By party: Others 2–20, Democrats 1–18. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 3
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 30, 1844
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 20 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
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
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Fairfield D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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