Senate roll call 462 · 27th Congress · Jun 10, 1842
To amend the amendment to H. R. 73, which provides that each district shall contain an equal number of inhabitants to be represented, so that it provide that no
On Jun 10, 1842, the Senate voted 23–17 (S 3). Result: passed. By party: Others 7–16, Democrats 16–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 10, 1842
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- George Evans O-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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