Senate roll call 248 · 26th Congress · Jul 18, 1840
To recede from the Senate amendment to H.R. 6; said amend. Would have appropriated a sum for the survey of the southern coast, from appalachicola to the mouth o
On Jul 18, 1840, the Senate voted 10–18 (HR 6). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–10, Others 1–8. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 18, 1840
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted yes
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted yes
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-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
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- 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 Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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