Senate roll call 42 · 26th Congress · Mar 6, 1840
To amend MR. Buchanan's amendment to the resolutions of the select committee on the subject of assumption of state debts, which resolutions oppose assumption of
On Mar 6, 1840, the Senate voted 24–18. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–2, Others 0–16. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 6, 1840
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA 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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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