Senate roll call 498 · 27th Congress · Jun 30, 1842
To amend, as modified, S. 283, to allow double rations to officers of the engineer and topographical corps having immediate command.
On Jun 30, 1842, the Senate voted 22–13 (HR 8). Result: passed. By party: Others 10–9, Democrats 12–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 30, 1842
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA 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
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- 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
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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