Senate roll call 508 · 27th Congress · Jul 6, 1842
To agree to section 8 of the amendment to S. 142, which gives the supreme court power to make and prescribe regulations to the district and circuit courts as to
On Jul 6, 1842, the Senate voted 20–15. Result: passed. By party: Others 20–1, Democrats 0–14.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 6, 1842
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- 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
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- 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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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