Senate roll call 185 · 27th Congress · Aug 11, 1841
To amend H. R. 4, so as to authorize the state to tax land from the time of purchase from the United States.
On Aug 11, 1841, the Senate voted 18–22 (HR 47). Result: failed. By party: Others 1–22, Democrats 17–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Aug 11, 1841
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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