Senate roll call 306 · 26th Congress · Feb 24, 1841
To amend S. 92 to make officers and stockholders liable for the debts of the bank in which they have interest.
On Feb 24, 1841, the Senate voted 18–19 (S 92). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–3, Others 0–16. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 24, 1841
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas 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
- John Norvell D-MI
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- 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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