Senate roll call 291 · 26th Congress · Feb 8, 1841
To consider the bill S. 92, to revive and continue the existence of the banks in the district of columbia.
On Feb 8, 1841, the Senate voted 18–27 (S 92). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–24, Others 16–3. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 8, 1841
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- 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
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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