Senate roll call 507 · 27th Congress · Jul 6, 1842
To concur in the amendment to S. 142, which empowers the supreme court to regulate the practice of the district and circuit courts in suits at common law, in ad
On Jul 6, 1842, the Senate voted 18–15 (HR 8). Result: passed. By party: Others 18–1, Democrats 0–14.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 6, 1842
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others18 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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