Senate roll call 56 · 28th Congress · Apr 16, 1844
To amend S. 51, by a proposal to take away the personal franking privilege of members of Congress. (p. 521)
On Apr 16, 1844, the Senate voted 5–35 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–22, Democrats 5–13. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Apr 16, 1844
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Fairfield D-ME voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Fairfield D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- James Semple D-IL
- 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
- 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
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Brown Francis O-RI
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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