Senate roll call 66 · 26th Congress · Apr 2, 1840
To amend S. 159 so that 2% of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands in the states of indiana, illinois, and ohio, be relinquished to the said states for
On Apr 2, 1840, the Senate voted 12–26 (S 159). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–16, Others 4–10. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 2, 1840
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- John Ruggles D-ME voted yes
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted yes
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- 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
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Norvell D-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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