Senate roll call 413 · 27th Congress · May 19, 1842
To amend S. 187, a bill to indemnify general jackson, by providing that nothing in this act shall be construed as the opinion of Congress on the legality of the
On May 19, 1842, the Senate voted 20–22 (S 5). Result: failed. By party: Others 20–2, Democrats 0–20.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 19, 1842
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 20 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others20 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
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
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-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
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- 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
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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