Senate roll call 282 · 25th Congress · Jan 3, 1839
To lay on the table the question of reception of the resolution denying admittance to any new state tolerating slavery, and remonstrating against the annexation
On Jan 3, 1839, the Senate voted 24–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–7, Others 3–6. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 3, 1839
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted no
- Thomas Morris D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Samuel Mckean D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- John Tipton D-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Thomas Hickman Williams D-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives D-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Thomas Morris D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Samuel Mckean D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- John Mckinley D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Pendleton King D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- James Fisher Trotter D-MS
- John Black O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge D-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Richard Elliott Parker D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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