Senate roll call 86 · 26th Congress · Apr 22, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 124, for settlement of claim of avery saltmarsh and company for losses sustained in execution of mail contra
On Apr 22, 1840, the Senate voted 16–13 (S 124). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Others 4–5. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 22, 1840
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 5 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted no
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted no
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Henry Roane D-VA
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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- 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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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