Senate roll call 179 · 14th Congress · Feb 27, 1817
To amend H.R. 29, by apportioning and dividing among the states now existing and such as may hereafter be admitted, the sum remaining after payment of the inter
On Feb 27, 1817, the Senate voted 17–21. Result: failed. By party: Others 17–21.
During the 14th Congress (1815–1816), James Madison was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Feb 27, 1817
By party
- Others17 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Daggett O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- Martin D. Hardin O-KY
- Eli Porter Ashmun O-MA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- Montfort Stokes O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Thomas Weston Thompson O-NH
- John Condit O-NJ
- Jeremiah Brown Howell O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- George Washington Campbell O-TN
- John Williams O-TN
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Outerbridge Horsey O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- Charles Tait O-GA
- James Noble O-IN
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- Eligius Fromentin O-LA
- James Brown O-LA
- Alexander Contee Hanson O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Jeremiah Mason O-NH
- James Jefferson Wilson O-NJ
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Abner Lacock O-PA
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- William Hunter O-RI
- Armistead Thomson Mason O-VA
- James Barbour O-VA
Did not vote
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- William Taylor Barry O-KY
- Christopher Gore O-MA
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-MD
- James Turner O-NC
- John Taylor O-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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