Senate roll call 56 · 26th Congress · Mar 17, 1840
To postpone consideration until monday next of the bill S. 159, for the continuation of the cumberland road in the states of ohio, indiana and illinois.
On Mar 17, 1840, the Senate voted 12–22 (S 159). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–14, Others 3–8. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 17, 1840
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted yes
- John Norvell D-MI voted yes
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted yes
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted yes
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- 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
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
Did not vote
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Jordan Crittenden 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 Selby Spence O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- 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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