Senate roll call 601 · 27th Congress · Aug 9, 1842
To amend H. R. 402, so as to give the widow or children of naval or marine officers or seamen or marines who died after march 3, 1837, the right to receive pens
On Aug 9, 1842, the Senate voted 21–22. Result: failed. By party: Others 21–5, Democrats 0–17.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 9, 1842
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 17 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Leonard Wilcox 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
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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