Senate roll call 233 · 26th Congress · Jul 17, 1840
To postpone the previous orders, for the purpose of further consideration of the bill S. 395, to provide for the ascertainment of the wishes of the people of TH
On Jul 17, 1840, the Senate voted 25–8 (S 395). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–7, Others 9–1. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 17, 1840
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted no
- Robert Strange D-NC voted no
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted no
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Felix Grundy D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Felix Grundy D-TN
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden 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
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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