Senate roll call 706 · 27th Congress · Jan 16, 1843
To amend S. 25, a bill authorizing the settlement of the account of joseph nourse, by eliminating from the bill the awards of interest to the claimants.
On Jan 16, 1843, the Senate voted 16–17 (S 25). Result: failed. By party: Others 3–15, Democrats 13–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 16, 1843
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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