Senate roll call 15 · 26th Congress · Jan 20, 1840
To pass the bill S. 120, to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of that part of florida which is now overrun and infested by marauding bands of host
On Jan 20, 1840, the Senate voted 24–15 (S 120). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–1, Others 0–14. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 20, 1840
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Strange D-NC 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
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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