Senate roll call 438 · 27th Congress · Jun 8, 1842
To amend the bill S. 155 (app. 8/11/1842 (0), relating to the settlement of the accounts of silas dean, purchaser for the select committee of the continental co
On Jun 8, 1842, the Senate voted 17–24 (HR 5). Result: failed. By party: Others 4–20, Democrats 13–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jun 8, 1842
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 20 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- Perry Smith D-CT voted no
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-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
- 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
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the bill S. 155 (app. 8/11/1842…: Senate Vote, Jun 8, 1842,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/27-S-438/to-amend-the-bill-s-155-app-8-11 (accessed 2026-10-17).