Senate roll call 223 · 27th Congress · Aug 20, 1841
To amend H. R. 4, so as to permit the head of every family that settles on public lands to which indian title is extinguished, to be entitled to pre-emption und
On Aug 20, 1841, the Senate voted 16–26 (SJR 2). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–26, Democrats 16–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Aug 20, 1841
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 26 no · 8 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
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan 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
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- 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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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