Senate roll call 273 · 26th Congress · Jan 6, 1841
To amend S. 28, to prevent the acquisition of a pre-emption right by any person who owns land and quits it to live on the public lands in the same state or terr
On Jan 6, 1841, the Senate voted 26–18 (S 28). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–14, Others 14–4. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 6, 1841
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Perry Smith D-CT voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted yes
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- 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
Other votes
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