Senate roll call 643 · 27th Congress · Aug 24, 1842
To table the h. J. Res. To fix monday next, (29th) for adjournment of Congress sine die.
On Aug 24, 1842, the Senate voted 24–17 (HR 22). Result: passed. By party: Others 21–6, Democrats 3–11. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 24, 1842
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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