Senate roll call 244 · 27th Congress · Aug 23, 1841
To amend H. R. 4, so as to exempt from distribution, the lands now prepared for sale, and not yet offered for sale.
On Aug 23, 1841, the Senate voted 14–27 (HRE 2). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–26, Democrats 14–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 23, 1841
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 26 no · 8 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
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
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
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- 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
- 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
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- 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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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