Senate roll call 129 · 26th Congress · Jun 11, 1840
To table the bill S. 180, to explain and amend the fifth section of the act passed june 30, 1834, for the better organization of the marine corps.
On Jun 11, 1840, the Senate voted 19–19 (S 180). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–11, Others 4–8. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jun 11, 1840
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- Perry Smith D-CT voted no
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden 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
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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