Senate roll call 240 · 27th Congress · Aug 23, 1841
To amend H. R. 4, so as to eliminate pre-emption rights of lands which have been surveyed prior to the act.
On Aug 23, 1841, the Senate voted 19–24 (HR 54). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–24, Democrats 17–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 23, 1841
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 24 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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter 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
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- 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
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- 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
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- John Henderson O-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-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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