Senate roll call 87 · 26th Congress · Apr 23, 1840
To table the bill S. 124, for settlement of the claim of avery saltmarsh and co. On account of losses sustained in execution of mail contracts.
On Apr 23, 1840, the Senate voted 16–18 (S 124). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–15, Others 5–3. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Apr 23, 1840
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted yes
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted yes
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted yes
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted yes
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
- Felix Grundy D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Felix Grundy D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- 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
- John Norvell D-MI
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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