Senate roll call 125 · 26th Congress · Jun 8, 1840
To amend the bill H.R. 265, for the relief of general duncan l. Clinch, to clarify the circumstances under which relief is due is this case.
On Jun 8, 1840, the Senate voted 21–17 (HR 26). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–5, Others 2–12. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jun 8, 1840
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN 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
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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