Senate roll call 500 · 27th Congress · Jul 2, 1842
To resume consideration of the resolution instructing the committee on indian affairs to inquire what amount over the contract price had been paid john ross for
On Jul 2, 1842, the Senate voted 16–17 (HR 8). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–17, Democrats 14–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 2, 1842
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
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
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- 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
- 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
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
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