Senate roll call 289 · 27th Congress · Sep 6, 1841
To amend H. R. 12, so as to place grease on the free list as being of great importance to the soap manufactures.
On Sep 6, 1841, the Senate voted 17–25. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–13, Democrats 5–12. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Sep 6, 1841
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted yes
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted yes
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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