Senate roll call 385 · 27th Congress · Apr 21, 1842
To table the nomination of j. Washington tyson of penn., to be commissary of purchases in the army.
On Apr 21, 1842, the Senate voted 16–21. Result: failed. By party: Others 9–12, Democrats 7–9. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 21, 1842
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL voted yes
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted yes
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH voted yes
- William Allen D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- 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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