Senate roll call 175 · 26th Congress · Jul 6, 1840
To amend H.R. 100 to provide that no mixed goods shall be designated as silk, unless the value of the silk in the fabric exceeds the value of all the other mate
On Jul 6, 1840, the Senate voted 24–8 (HR 100). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–7, Others 9–1. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 6, 1840
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Alexander Mouton D-LA voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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