Senate roll call 35 · 26th Congress · Feb 20, 1840
To recommit the report on the bill S. 298, for the relief of jubal b. Hancock, to the comm. On indian affairs with instructions to report the bill in favor of t
On Feb 20, 1840, the Senate voted 9–18 (S 298). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–12, Others 2–6. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 20, 1840
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted yes
- John Norvell D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Norvell D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- 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
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- 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
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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