Senate roll call 56 · 27th Congress · Jul 8, 1841
To amend S. 5, so as to require banks to keep their books open to the public showing all transactions concerning bills and notes.
On Jul 8, 1841, the Senate voted 22–25 (HR 73). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–25, Democrats 22–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jul 8, 1841
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 25 no · 9 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce 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
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- 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
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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