Senate roll call 662 · 27th Congress · Aug 26, 1842
To amend H. R. 547, so as to repeal the sixth section of the distribution act which appropriates the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and grants pre-e
On Aug 26, 1842, the Senate voted 10–30 (HR 12). Result: failed. By party: Others 10–12, Democrats 0–18.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Aug 26, 1842
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
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
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- 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
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