Senate roll call 171 · 26th Congress · Jul 3, 1840
To sustain the ruling of the chair made during consideration of the bill H.R. 465, to continue the corporate existence of certain banks in the district of colum
On Jul 3, 1840, the Senate voted 24–8 (HR 465). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–0, Others 2–8.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 3, 1840
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- 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 Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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