Senate roll call 174 · 26th Congress · Jul 6, 1840
To agree to the amendment as amended to H.R. 100, to declare any witness incompetent who should have any interest whatever in the case similar to the interest o
On Jul 6, 1840, the Senate voted 30–4 (HR 100). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–4, Others 8–0. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 6, 1840
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Robert Strange D-NC voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- 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
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- 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
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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