Senate roll call 36 · 26th Congress · Feb 24, 1840
To concur in house amendment to S. 154 (app. Feb. 26, 1840, 5 stat 365), a bill to amend an act to provide for taking the sixth census of the inhabitants of the
On Feb 24, 1840, the Senate voted 27–6 (S 154). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–6, Others 10–0. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 24, 1840
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted no
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- Robert Strange D-NC voted no
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- Felix Grundy D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Felix Grundy D-TN
Did not vote
- 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
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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