Senate roll call 363 · 25th Congress · Feb 27, 1839
To table the resolution requesting the postmaster general to inform the Senate why he has not communicated the information required by the resolution adopted fe
On Feb 27, 1839, the Senate voted 19–21. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–7, Others 0–14. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 27, 1839
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 14 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge D-NY voted no
- Samuel Mckean D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Thomas Hickman Williams D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge D-NY
- Samuel Mckean D-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- John Mckinley D-AL
- John Pendleton King D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- John Tipton D-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- James Fisher Trotter D-MS
- John Black O-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Morris D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Richard Elliott Parker D-VA
- William Cabell Rives D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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