Senate roll call 24 · 26th Congress · Feb 5, 1840
To print the report of the select committee on the resolution to oppose the proposal that the Congress of the U.S. Assume, or guarantee, or provide for the ulti
On Feb 5, 1840, the Senate voted 36–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–1, Others 7–7. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 5, 1840
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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