Senate roll call 344 · 27th Congress · Feb 8, 1842
To adopt the resolution to instruct the committee on public lands to inquire into the expediency of providing by law that whenever any state shall refuse to rec
On Feb 8, 1842, the Senate voted 25–19. Result: passed. By party: Others 25–1, Democrats 0–18.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 8, 1842
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others25 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- William Woodbridge 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 Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- 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
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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