Senate roll call 329 · 27th Congress · Dec 28, 1841
To refer to the committee on the judiciary, the bill S. 98, postponing operation of the bankrupt act, for report.
On Dec 28, 1841, the Senate voted 15–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–19, Others 14–6. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Dec 28, 1841
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 19 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- 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
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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