Senate roll call 225 · 26th Congress · Jul 15, 1840
To postpone until the next session, further consideration of the resolution to print report of the geological and minerological survey on the mineral region of
On Jul 15, 1840, the Senate voted 18–18. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–17, Others 9–1. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 15, 1840
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted yes
- Robert Strange D-NC voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- 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
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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