Senate roll call 316 · 26th Congress · Mar 2, 1841
To table the resolution to print, for the use of the Senate, the memorial presented by the people called mormons, together with the affidavits and documents rel
On Mar 2, 1841, the Senate voted 23–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–5, Others 6–7. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 2, 1841
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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