Senate roll call 312 · 26th Congress · Feb 27, 1841
To provide that when the Senate adjourns today, it do so until termination of the session, in order to prevent an evening session.
On Feb 27, 1841, the Senate voted 17–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–13, Others 9–2. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 27, 1841
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS 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
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
Did not vote
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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