Senate roll call 370 · 27th Congress · Mar 31, 1842
To amend the bill S. 135 (app. 8/30/1842), for the relief of enoch hidden, inventor of a cap and screw device for cannon, by increasing the value of the claim f
On Mar 31, 1842, the Senate voted 22–17 (S 1). Result: passed. By party: Others 10–12, Democrats 12–5. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 31, 1842
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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