Senate roll call 71 · 25th Congress · Jan 16, 1838
To table consideration of the resolution protesting against the admission of texas or any slave state into the union. Globe describes resolution as abolishing
On Jan 16, 1838, the Senate voted 12–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–15, Others 3–11. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 16, 1838
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 11 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- John Norvell D-MI voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted yes
- Robert Strange D-NC voted yes
- Felix Grundy D-TN voted yes
- William Cabell Rives D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- John Tipton D-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge D-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Morris D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- John Mckinley D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Pendleton King D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Fisher Trotter D-MS
- Thomas Hickman Williams D-MS
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Mckean D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Richard Elliott Parker D-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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