Senate roll call 72 · 26th Congress · Apr 13, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 139, to revive an act to enable claimants of land in wisconsin, missouri and the territory of arkansas to in
On Apr 13, 1840, the Senate voted 21–11 (S 139). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–10, Others 10–1. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Apr 13, 1840
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted no
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted no
- Robert Strange D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted no
- William Allen D-OH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John Davis O-MA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
Did not vote
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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