Senate roll call 242 · 26th Congress · Jul 18, 1840
To adopt the resolution proposing to make various extra allowances, to the officers, messengers, and other attendants of the Senate, by giving increases in pay,
On Jul 18, 1840, the Senate voted 31–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–8, Others 14–0. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 18, 1840
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted no
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- 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
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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