Senate roll call 179 · 26th Congress · Jul 7, 1840
To amend H.R. 100, to provide that all drawbacks on articles manufactured in the U.S., from foreign materials, subject to duty, should be proportioned to duties
On Jul 7, 1840, the Senate voted 12–23 (HR 100). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–12, Others 0–11. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jul 7, 1840
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted no
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL voted no
- Alexander Mouton D-LA voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- 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
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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