Senate roll call 145 · 27th Congress · Aug 3, 1841
To table the resolution to hold executive sessions with open doors when treaties are not under consideration.
On Aug 3, 1841, the Senate voted 26–20 (S 75). Result: passed. By party: Others 25–0, Democrats 1–20. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Aug 3, 1841
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 20 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others25 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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