Senate roll call 163 · 26th Congress · Jun 24, 1840
To amend S. 369 by requiring notice to be given where practicable to all creditors, either personal or by letter, of the pendency of bankruptcy proceedings.
On Jun 24, 1840, the Senate voted 22–19 (S 369). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–4, Others 2–15. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 24, 1840
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Bedford Brown D-NC 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
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- 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
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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