Senate roll call 176 · 26th Congress · Jul 6, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 100, so as to make sept. 1st instead of oct. Next the effective date of the act.
On Jul 6, 1840, the Senate voted 26–4 (HR 100). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–3, Others 8–1. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 6, 1840
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS 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
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- 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 Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- 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
- 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 Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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