Senate roll call 70 · 27th Congress · Jul 12, 1841
To amend S. 5, so as to provide that the President shall appoint additional directors so that individuals holding
On Jul 12, 1841, the Senate voted 17–27 (HR 73). Result: failed. By party: Others 0–27, Democrats 17–0.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jul 12, 1841
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
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
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Samuel Mcroberts D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Magill Conrad O-LA
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Leonard Wilcox D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Chandler Crafts O-VT
Other votes
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