Senate roll call 30 · 26th Congress · Feb 7, 1840
To amend the resolution, that the President be requested to inform the Senate whether in the annual report of the SEC. Of treasury, he proposed any appropriatio
On Feb 7, 1840, the Senate voted 31–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–3, Others 6–9. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 7, 1840
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 9 no · 13 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
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- 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
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- 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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