Senate roll call 205 · 27th Congress · Aug 19, 1841
To amend H. R. 4, to reduce the price of public lands remaining unsold for certain lengths of time, and limiting those persons to whom the lands may be sold, wi
On Aug 19, 1841, the Senate voted 18–27 (HR 40). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–26, Democrats 16–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Aug 19, 1841
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 26 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Buchanan D-PA 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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- 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 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 Buchanan D-PA
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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