Senate roll call 488 · 27th Congress · Jun 24, 1842
To reconsider the vote to agree to the amendment to S. 216, which would allow the indian claimants land or scrip, instead of money, for their claims.
On Jun 24, 1842, the Senate voted 19–15 (HR 6). Result: passed. By party: Others 11–8, Democrats 8–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 24, 1842
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted no
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- Robert John Walker D-MS voted no
- Levi Woodbury D-NH voted no
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague 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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