Senate roll call 652 · 27th Congress · Aug 25, 1842
To order a second reading of the house resolution 20, relating to the attendance of members of Congress, which provides that no member of Congress shall be paid
On Aug 25, 1842, the Senate voted 19–19 (HR 14). Result: failed. By party: Others 6–17, Democrats 13–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 25, 1842
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- 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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