Senate roll call 80 · 26th Congress · Apr 17, 1840
To postpone indefinitely the bill S. 188 for the relief of the vestry and churchwardens of the protestant episcopal church of the parish of ST. Philip, in city
On Apr 17, 1840, the Senate voted 15–16 (S 188). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–14, Others 4–2. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Apr 17, 1840
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 14 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 2 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted yes
- Alexander Mouton D-LA voted yes
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted yes
- John Norvell D-MI voted yes
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted yes
- Robert Strange D-NC voted yes
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Henry Roane D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan 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
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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