Senate roll call 57 · 27th Congress · Jul 8, 1841
To amend S. 5, so as to provide that no transaction is to be kept secret from government directors, and they shall be free to participate in all transactions of
On Jul 8, 1841, the Senate voted 26–22 (HR 73). Result: passed. By party: Others 4–22, Democrats 22–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Jul 8, 1841
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay 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
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce 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
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-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
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Henderson O-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
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