Senate roll call 495 · 27th Congress · Jun 25, 1842
To amend S. 283, so as to discontinue the office of commissary general at philadelphia, his duties hereafter to be performed by the quartermaster's department.
On Jun 25, 1842, the Senate voted 12–17 (HR 8). Result: failed. By party: Others 5–14, Democrats 7–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 25, 1842
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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