Senate roll call 317 · 27th Congress · Sep 13, 1841
To remove the injunction of secrecy from the vote rejecting the nomination of bela badger to be naval officer for the district of philadelphia, pennsylvania.
On Sep 13, 1841, the Senate voted 31–5. Result: passed. By party: Others 14–5, Democrats 17–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Sep 13, 1841
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- 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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