Senate roll call 291 · 27th Congress · Sep 7, 1841
To amend H. R. 12, so as to provide that the first section shall not be so construed as to increase the duty now by law imposed upon the wood mentioned in it, a
On Sep 7, 1841, the Senate voted 13–24. Result: failed. By party: Others 1–23, Democrats 12–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Sep 7, 1841
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 23 no · 10 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
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- 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
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- 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
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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