Senate roll call 417 · 27th Congress · May 20, 1842
To consent to the nomination of joseph cunningham, to be deputy postmaster at trenton, n. J., at expiration, feb. 18, 1842, of his commission.
On May 20, 1842, the Senate voted 23–24. Result: failed. By party: Others 3–24, Democrats 20–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- May 20, 1842
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 24 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- 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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Leonard Wilcox 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 Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- 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 Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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