Senate roll call 575 · 27th Congress · Aug 3, 1842
To amend H. R. 472, so as to reduce from seven to five cents the minimum price on coarse wool.
On Aug 3, 1842, the Senate voted 15–26 (S 4). Result: failed. By party: Others 1–23, Democrats 14–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 3, 1842
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
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