Senate roll call 694 · 27th Congress · Aug 31, 1842
To consent to the nomination of george w. Clinton, to be collector of customs for the district, and inspector of revenue for the port, of buffalo creek, n. Y.,
On Aug 31, 1842, the Senate voted 15–15 (S 44). Result: failed. By party: Others 4–14, Democrats 11–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Aug 31, 1842
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- James Buchanan D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- John Henderson O-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- 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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