Senate roll call 227 · 26th Congress · Jul 16, 1840
To table the resolution, to print report of the geological and minerological survey on the mineral region in iowa and wisconsin.
On Jul 16, 1840, the Senate voted 19–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–17, Others 11–0. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 16, 1840
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-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
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- 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
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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