Senate roll call 51 · 26th Congress · Mar 9, 1840
To postpone until monday next, further consideration of the resolution s.r. 4, that the President of the Senate and the speaker of the House Of Representatives
On Mar 9, 1840, the Senate voted 20–22. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–13, Others 6–9. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 9, 1840
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted no
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Alexander Mouton D-LA voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- 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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