Senate roll call 130 · 26th Congress · Jun 11, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 180, to explain and amend the fifth section of the act passed june 30, 1834, for the better organization of
On Jun 11, 1840, the Senate voted 10–27 (S 180). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–19, Others 4–8. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 11, 1840
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 19 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- 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
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- 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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