Senate roll call 4 · 28th Congress · Jan 15, 1844
To consent to the nomination of david henshaw as secretary of the navy in place of abel p. Upshur, resigned.
On Jan 15, 1844, the Senate voted 8–34. Result: failed. By party: Others 0–23, Democrats 8–11. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 15, 1844
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Semple D-IL voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- 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
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- 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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