TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON THE 7TH AMENDMENT OF THE SENATE TO H.R. 981 (APP. MAR. 3, 1839, 5 STAT L. 339), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL 1839, WHICH REPORT ADVISES THE SENATE TO RECEDE FROM AS MUCH OF THAT AMENDMENT AS RELATES TO THE PRINTING FOR THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND ADHERE TO THE PORTION RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CLARK AND FORCE PAPERS AMONG THE SENATORS.

Number:: Senate Vote #408 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:: Mar 03, 1839 (25^th Congress)
Result:: unknown

	Totals		Democrat	Whig
Aye	24	46%	18	6
Nay	7	13%	5	2
Not Voting	21	40%	12	9
Required:	unknown

Vote Details

Vote	Party	Representative	State
Aye	D	Calhoun, John	SC
Aye	D	Buchanan, James	PA
Aye	D	Clay, Clement	AL
Aye	D	Cuthbert, Alfred	GA
Aye	D	Fulton, William	AR
Aye	D	Hubbard, Henry	NH
Aye	D	King, William	AL
Aye	D	Williams, Reuel	ME
Aye	D	Williams, Thomas	MS
Aye	D	Wright, Silas	NY
Aye	D	Tallmadge, Nathaniel	NY
Aye	D	Walker, Robert	MS
Aye	D	Pierce, Franklin	NH
Aye	D	Roane, William	VA
Aye	D	Sevier, Ambrose	AR
Aye	D	Linn, Lewis	MO
Aye	D	Nicholas, Robert	LA
Aye	D	Norvell, John	MI
Aye	Whig	Foster, Ephraim	TN
Aye	Whig	Southard, Samuel	NJ
Aye	Whig	Swift, Benjamin	VT
Aye	Whig	Webster, Daniel	MA
Aye	Whig	Smith, Oliver	IN
Aye	Whig	Merrick, William	MD
Nay	D	Benton, Thomas	MO
Nay	D	Allen, William	OH
Nay	D	Smith, Perry	CT
Nay	D	Robinson, John	IL
Nay	D	Niles, John	CT
Nay	Whig	Davis, John	MA
Nay	Whig	White, Hugh	TN
No Vote	D	Brown, Bedford	NC
No Vote	D	Young, Richard	IL
No Vote	D	Strange, Robert	NC
No Vote	D	Tipton, John	IN
No Vote	D	Wall, Garret	NJ
No Vote	D	Rives, William	VA
No Vote	D	Ruggles, John	ME
No Vote	D	Lumpkin, Wilson	GA
No Vote	D	Lyon, Lucius	MI
No Vote	D	McKean, Samuel	PA
No Vote	D	Morris, Thomas	OH
No Vote	D	Mouton, Alexander	LA
No Vote	Whig	Bayard, Richard	DE
No Vote	Whig	Clay, Henry	KY
No Vote	Whig	Clayton, Thomas	DE
No Vote	Whig	Crittenden, John	KY
No Vote	Whig	Spence, John	MD
No Vote	Whig	Prentiss, Samuel	VT
No Vote	Whig	Preston, William	SC
No Vote	Whig	Robbins, Asher	RI
No Vote	Whig	Knight, Nehemiah	RI

Notes

What’s the difference between aye and yea?

There is no meaningful difference between aye and yea (and nay and no), but the terms are used in different sorts of votes based on Congress’s long tradition of parliamentary procedure. The House and Senate follow the U.S. Constitution strictly when it says that bills should be decided on by the “yeas and nays” (Article I, Section 7). The House sometimes operates under a special set of rules called the “Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union” (or “Committee of the Whole” for short), which is a sort of pseudo-committee that is made up of every congressman. During this mode of operation, the House uses the terms “aye” and “no” instead. (See the Rules of the House, Rule XX, and House Practice in the section Voting.)