Senate roll call 161 · 27th Congress · Aug 5, 1841
To amend an amendment to H. R. 6, so as to provide that the pensions granted under the act of 1837, should not be chargeable upon the treasury of the united sta
On Aug 5, 1841, the Senate voted 14–29 (S 157). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–27, Democrats 14–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 5, 1841
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
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
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-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
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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