Senate roll call 27 · 26th Congress · Feb 6, 1840
To table the resolution directing the SEC. Of the treasury to inform the Senate what progress had been made in the construction and continuation of the cumberla
On Feb 6, 1840, the Senate voted 25–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–3, Others 1–12. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 6, 1840
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL voted no
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL voted no
- 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
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- 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
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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