Senate roll call 204 · 27th Congress · Aug 19, 1841
To amend H. R. 4, to grant to the several states any land not sold or otherwise disposed of by the United States after having been on the market for twenty year
On Aug 19, 1841, the Senate voted 15–30 (HR 40). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–25, Democrats 13–5. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Aug 19, 1841
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 25 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted no
- Franklin Pierce D-NH voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan 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
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- 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 Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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