Senate roll call 83 · 26th Congress · Apr 18, 1840
To pass the bill S. 188 for the relief of the vestry and church wardens of the protestant episcopal church of the parish of ST. Philip, in the city of charlesto
On Apr 18, 1840, the Senate voted 20–9 (S 188). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–8, Others 6–1. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 18, 1840
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted no
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Henry Roane D-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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