Senate roll call 64 · 26th Congress · Apr 1, 1840
To amend S. 159 by eliminating the provision that sums appropriated for the construction of the road, shall be replaced by the states of ohio, illinois, and ind
On Apr 1, 1840, the Senate voted 17–19 (S 159). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–16, Others 11–3. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 1, 1840
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Robert Strange D-NC voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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