Senate roll call 409 · 27th Congress · May 16, 1842
To recommit H. R. 55, a bill to direct warrants to issue for the bounty land due on account of the services of major general duportail, brigadier general armand
On May 16, 1842, the Senate voted 28–12 (S 5). Result: passed. By party: Others 11–10, Democrats 17–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 16, 1842
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- 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
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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