Senate roll call 641 · 27th Congress · Aug 24, 1842
To amend H. R. 210, so as to exclude compulsion from the authority vested in state officers to take dipositions in accordance with this law in reference to cont
On Aug 24, 1842, the Senate voted 19–12 (HR 30). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–0, Others 3–12.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Aug 24, 1842
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 12 no · 19 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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- 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
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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