Senate roll call 253 · 26th Congress · Jul 20, 1840
To table the resolution S.J.RES. 18, to authorize the SEC. Of the navy to purchase repeating rifles and pistols for the use of the navy.
On Jul 20, 1840, the Senate voted 17–12 (SJR 18). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–2, Others 2–10. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jul 20, 1840
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted no
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Norvell D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- 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
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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