Senate roll call 590 · 27th Congress · Aug 4, 1842
To amend H. R. 472, so as to restore the measured bushel as the standard of the SALT bushel in order to equalize the tax upon the same.
On Aug 4, 1842, the Senate voted 17–24 (HR 4). Result: failed. By party: Others 1–24, Democrats 16–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 4, 1842
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 24 no · 9 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton 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
- Perry Smith D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
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