Senate roll call 208 · 26th Congress · Jul 13, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 465 so as to restrict the power of said banks to issue notes.
On Jul 13, 1840, the Senate voted 16–21 (HR 465). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–8, Others 0–13. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 13, 1840
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted no
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN voted no
- Felix Grundy D-TN voted no
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Henry Clay 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
- John Norvell D-MI
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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