Senate roll call 255 · 26th Congress · Jul 20, 1840
To amend the bill H.R. 27, for the relief of chastelain and ponvert, to further amend the bill to include the following "for the payment of charles gordon, for
On Jul 20, 1840, the Senate voted 15–13 (HR 27). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 4–13, Others 11–0. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 20, 1840
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- 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
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- 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
- John Norvell D-MI
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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