Senate roll call 642 · 27th Congress · Aug 24, 1842
To amend H. R. 210, so as to provide that each house shall not, by this act, lose its authority to judge the elections returns, and qualifications of its own me
On Aug 24, 1842, the Senate voted 14–21 (HR 30). Result: failed. By party: Others 1–21, Democrats 13–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Aug 24, 1842
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 21 no · 12 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
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- 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
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge 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 Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
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