Senate roll call 210 · 26th Congress · Jul 13, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 465, by inserting "that from and after 60 days from taking effect of this act, no officer of the federal government shall continue
On Jul 13, 1840, the Senate voted 16–17 (HR 465). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–12, Others 2–5. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 13, 1840
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 5 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted no
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA 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
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Norvell D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- 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
- 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 Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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