Senate roll call 320 · 26th Congress · Mar 2, 1841
To amend H.R. 544 to appropriate a sum of money to transport to the city of washington the objects of natural history collected by the exploring expedition.
On Mar 2, 1841, the Senate voted 23–16 (HR 544). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–15, Others 15–1. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 2, 1841
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- John Norvell D-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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