Senate roll call 234 · 26th Congress · Jul 17, 1840
To table the bill, S. 395, to provide for the ascertainment of the wishes of the people of the district of columbia without the corporate limits limits of the c
On Jul 17, 1840, the Senate voted 25–13 (S 395). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–8, Others 6–5. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jul 17, 1840
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- Perry Smith D-CT voted no
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- 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
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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