Senate roll call 178 · 26th Congress · Jul 6, 1840
To amend H.R. 100, to provide that the bill is to cease effectiveness after june 30, 1842.
On Jul 6, 1840, the Senate voted 18–12 (HR 100). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–4, Others 0–8. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 6, 1840
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- 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
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- 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
- 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
- John Henderson O-MS
- 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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