Senate roll call 581 · 27th Congress · Aug 3, 1842
To amend the first part of the amendment to H. R. 472, so as to eliminate tea from the list of duty chargeable articles and to place it among free articles.
On Aug 3, 1842, the Senate voted 20–27 (HR 4). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–27, Democrats 20–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Aug 3, 1842
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
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
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- 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
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce 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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