Senate roll call 625 · 27th Congress · Aug 20, 1842
To adopt the resolution that the treaty with great britian and related documents be recommitted to the committee on foreign relations with instructions to repor
On Aug 20, 1842, the Senate voted 2–37 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–29, Democrats 2–8. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 2
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 20, 1842
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 29 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- 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
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- 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
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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