Senate roll call 647 · 27th Congress · Aug 25, 1842
To agree to amend the amendment to H. R. 547, so as to reduce the duty on rolled iron.
On Aug 25, 1842, the Senate voted 23–21 (HR 14). Result: passed. By party: Others 21–5, Democrats 2–16. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Aug 25, 1842
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 16 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- 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
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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