Senate roll call 117 · 15th Congress · Feb 18, 1819
To amend the public land bill by forbidding the sale of more than one section of land to one person in any one year.
On Feb 18, 1819, the Senate voted 7–29. Result: failed. By party: Others 7–29.
During the 15th Congress (1817–1818), James Monroe was president.
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Feb 18, 1819
By party
- Others7 yes · 29 no · 10 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- Ninian Edwards O-IL
- Eligius Fromentin O-LA
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- David Lawrence Morril O-NH
- James Jefferson Wilson O-NJ
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
How each senator voted: No
- David Daggett O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Outerbridge Horsey O-DE
- Charles Tait O-GA
- James Noble O-IN
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Prentiss Mellen O-MA
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- Walter Leake O-MS
- Clement Storer O-NH
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Abner Lacock O-PA
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- James Burrill Jr. O-RI
- William Hunter O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- John Williams O-TN
- James Barbour O-VA
- John Wayles Eppes O-VA
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
- William Adams Palmer O-VT
Did not vote
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- John Forsyth O-GA
- Eli Porter Ashmun O-MA
- Alexander Contee Hanson O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Montfort Stokes O-NC
- William Smith O-SC
- George Washington Campbell O-TN
- James Fisk O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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