Senate roll call 177 · 26th Congress · Jul 6, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 100 so to make the act effective as of oct. 1, 1840.
On Jul 6, 1840, the Senate voted 14–16 (HR 100). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–8, Others 1–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 6, 1840
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted no
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
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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