Senate roll call 59 · 26th Congress · Mar 20, 1840
To recommit the bill S. 110, to provide for the payment of damages sustained by individuals in wars with indian tribes since 1830, to the committee on claims, w
On Mar 20, 1840, the Senate voted 9–19 (S 110). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–12, Others 1–7. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 20, 1840
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 7 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
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted yes
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN 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
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
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
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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