Senate roll call 629 · 27th Congress · Aug 22, 1842
To adopt the substitute resolution for S. J. RES. 20, to authorize the secretary of the treasury to carry into effect the provisional contract for the purchase
On Aug 22, 1842, the Senate voted 18–13 (HR 12). Result: passed. By party: Others 11–10, Democrats 7–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Aug 22, 1842
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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