Senate roll call 176 · 28th Congress · Jun 14, 1844
To consent to the nomination of henry shepherd to be deputy postmaster at northampton, mass. (vice thomas shepherd, whose nomination was rejected by Senate).
On Jun 14, 1844, the Senate voted 18–26. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–26, Democrats 18–0.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 14, 1844
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 26 no · 4 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate 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
- John Henderson O-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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