Senate roll call 196 · 27th Congress · Aug 17, 1841
To amend H. R. 4, to include the territories of florida, iowa, and wisconsin as eligible, as are the other states, to receive ten per cent of the net proceeds.
On Aug 17, 1841, the Senate voted 17–26 (HR 47). Result: failed. By party: Others 1–25, Democrats 16–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 17, 1841
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 25 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
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
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
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
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps 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
- John Henderson O-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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