Senate roll call 658 · 27th Congress · Aug 26, 1842
To amend H. R. 547, so as to reinstate the rates of duties as they existed under the compromise act in 1840, and to change some percentages of duties on certain
On Aug 26, 1842, the Senate voted 13–31 (HR 14). Result: failed. By party: Others 6–23, Democrats 7–8. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Aug 26, 1842
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 23 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL voted yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA voted yes
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted yes
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted yes
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
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- William Segar Archer O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- 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
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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