Senate roll call 17 · 28th Congress · Feb 9, 1844
To amend the motion that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the proceedings, papers, evidence and speeches and vote of the Senate on the nomination of da
On Feb 9, 1844, the Senate voted 28–19. Result: passed. By party: Others 24–2, Democrats 4–17. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Feb 9, 1844
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others24 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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