Senate roll call 99 · 26th Congress · May 7, 1840
To consider the resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to provide the Senate with report of his expenses, and providing to print 30,000 copies of TH
On May 7, 1840, the Senate voted 22–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–0, Others 0–14.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 7, 1840
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- 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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