Senate roll call 678 · 27th Congress · Aug 29, 1842
To consent to the nomination of peter b. Starke, to be commissioner to carry into effect the provisions of "an act to provide for the satisfaction of claims ari
On Aug 29, 1842, the Senate voted 14–24 (HR 67). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–23, Democrats 12–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 29, 1842
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- 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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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