Senate roll call 397 · 27th Congress · May 4, 1842
To amend H. R. 74, so as to prevent any appropriation from being applied to the purchase of books to be distributed to members of Congress without the previous
On May 4, 1842, the Senate voted 17–18 (S 5). Result: failed. By party: Others 3–18, Democrats 14–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 4, 1842
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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