Senate roll call 183 · 26th Congress · Jul 9, 1840
To amend S. 376 so as to eliminate the provision giving one copy of said laws to each senator, representative and delegate in Congress.
On Jul 9, 1840, the Senate voted 31–6 (S 376). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–3, Others 9–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 9, 1840
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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