Senate roll call 690 · 27th Congress · Aug 30, 1842
To amend H. R. 80 (app. 8/30/1842), a bill to make appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year 1842, which provides to appropria
On Aug 30, 1842, the Senate voted 7–27 (HR 37). Result: failed. By party: Others 3–17, Democrats 4–10. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Aug 30, 1842
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted yes
- William Savin Fulton D-AR voted yes
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA voted yes
- James Buchanan D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- George Evans O-ME
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- James Buchanan D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- 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
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- 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
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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