Senate roll call 296 · 26th Congress · Feb 17, 1841
To pass the bill H.R. 607 (app. Feb. 18, 1841), to authorize the state of tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands described in the bill, a
On Feb 17, 1841, the Senate voted 30–3 (HR 607). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–0, Others 8–3.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 3
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 17, 1841
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 3 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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