Senate roll call 331 · 27th Congress · Jan 6, 1842
To provide that when the Senate adjourn today, it does so until next monday; motion made during consideration of the bill S. 64 (app. 5/10/1842), for the claim
On Jan 6, 1842, the Senate voted 24–19. Result: passed. By party: Others 19–4, Democrats 5–15. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 6, 1842
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Perry Smith D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates 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
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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