Senate roll call 7 · 27th Congress · Mar 15, 1841
To remove the injunction of secrecy from the proceedings of the Senate and debate on the nomination of francis granger to be postmaster general.
On Mar 15, 1841, the Senate voted 11–24. Result: failed. By party: Others 1–22, Democrats 10–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), William Henry Harrison was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 15, 1841
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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