Senate roll call 648 · 27th Congress · Aug 25, 1842
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 547, that would regulate drawbacks on foreign coal imported into the United States.
On Aug 25, 1842, the Senate voted 6–32 (HR 14). Result: failed. By party: Others 5–19, Democrats 1–13. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 25, 1842
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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