Senate roll call 674 · 27th Congress · Aug 26, 1842
To amend H. R. 547, so as to provide for an additional section to limit the operation of the bill to two years.
On Aug 26, 1842, the Senate voted 21–22 (HR 12). Result: failed. By party: Others 9–19, Democrats 12–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 26, 1842
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- 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
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- 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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