Senate roll call 399 · 27th Congress · May 4, 1842
To amend H. R. 74, so as to prevent the use of any part of the appropriation for contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, as payment of special agents abroad
On May 4, 1842, the Senate voted 15–25 (S 5). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–23, Democrats 15–2. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 4, 1842
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA 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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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