Senate roll call 43 · 26th Congress · Mar 6, 1840
To strike out all of the resolutions submitted by the committee, which resolutions oppose the assumption of state debts and the sale of public lands, and to ins
On Mar 6, 1840, the Senate voted 17–28. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–26, Others 16–2. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 6, 1840
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 26 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps 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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- 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
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- James Buchanan D-PA
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To strike out all of the resolutions…: Senate Vote, Mar 6, 1840,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-S-43/to-strike-out-all-of-the-resolutions-submitted-by (accessed 2026-10-17).