Senate roll call 547 · 27th Congress · Jul 21, 1842
To amend the second section of S. 293, so as to pay the claim of general d. L. Clinch.
On Jul 21, 1842, the Senate voted 27–12. Result: passed. By party: Others 19–5, Democrats 8–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jul 21, 1842
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
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
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- 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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie 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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