Senate roll call 587 · 27th Congress · Aug 4, 1842
To recommit the bill S. 27, for the claim of esther johnson, widow of colonel jonas johnson, north carolina, to the committee on pensions with instructions to h
On Aug 4, 1842, the Senate voted 30–10 (HR 4). Result: passed. By party: Others 13–9, Democrats 17–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Aug 4, 1842
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 9 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- 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
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- 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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