Senate roll call 114 · 26th Congress · May 29, 1840
To amend S. 324 by eliminating from section 14, the following words, "and in making such dividends, the said assignees shall first pay all debts, that may be du
On May 29, 1840, the Senate voted 23–13 (S 32). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–7, Others 6–6. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 29, 1840
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 6 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted no
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Alexander Mouton D-LA voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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