Senate roll call 96 · 26th Congress · May 4, 1840
To amend the bill H.R. 8 (app. May 2, 1840), making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year 1840, by eliminating the
On May 4, 1840, the Senate voted 20–8 (HR 8). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–1, Others 0–7. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 4, 1840
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the bill H.R. 8 (app. May 2, 1840)…: Senate Vote, May 4, 1840,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-S-96/to-amend-the-bill-h-r-8-app-may (accessed 2026-10-17).