Senate roll call 260 · 27th Congress · Aug 31, 1841
To amend H. R. 30, by proposing that the sum appropriated by this bill be refunded to the treasury from the future earnings of the post office department.
On Aug 31, 1841, the Senate voted 20–26 (HR 54). Result: failed. By party: Others 1–26, Democrats 19–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Aug 31, 1841
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 26 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young 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
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay 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
- 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
- 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
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
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