Senate roll call 106 · 26th Congress · May 21, 1840
To postpone, indefinitely, consideration of the report from the comm. On claims concerning the petition for the relief of william and james crook.
On May 21, 1840, the Senate voted 25–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–0, Others 1–14.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 21, 1840
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
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
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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