Senate roll call 389 · 27th Congress · Apr 27, 1842
To resume consideration of the resolution requesting the President of the United States to communicate information relative to proceedings in rhode island with
On Apr 27, 1842, the Senate voted 18–20 (S 5). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–19, Democrats 16–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Apr 27, 1842
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby 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
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Leonard Wilcox 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 Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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