Senate roll call 566 · 27th Congress · Jul 30, 1842
To agree to the amendment as amended to H. R. 472, which provides the conditions under which iron shall be considered as railroad iron.
On Jul 30, 1842, the Senate voted 14–32 (HR 4). Result: failed. By party: Others 6–23, Democrats 8–9. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jul 30, 1842
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 23 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted yes
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- 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
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
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