Senate roll call 267 · 26th Congress · Dec 31, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 6, to create an additional land office in the state of michigan and for other purposes.
On Dec 31, 1840, the Senate voted 16–22 (S 6). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–8, Others 1–14. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Dec 31, 1840
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Norvell D-MI
- 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon 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
Other votes
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