Senate roll call 19 · 16th Congress · Mar 8, 1820
To amend S. 18, by providing that preference in the sale of public lands be given to persons living thereon, and defining procedure for filing claim.
On Mar 8, 1820, the Senate voted 8–28. Result: failed. By party: Others 8–28.
During the 16th Congress (1819–1820), James Monroe was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 8, 1820
By party
- Others8 yes · 28 no · 15 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- Ninian Edwards O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- William Logan O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Brown O-LA
- William Smith O-SC
How each senator voted: No
- John Williams Walker O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- James Lanman O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- John Elliott O-GA
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Prentiss Mellen O-MA
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- Walter Leake O-MS
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- David Lawrence Morril O-NH
- John Fabyan Parrott O-NH
- James Jefferson Wilson O-NJ
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- William Allen Trimble O-OH
- Walter Lowrie 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 Pleasants O-VA
- William Adams Palmer O-VT
Did not vote
- Outerbridge Horsey O-DE
- Freeman Walker O-GA
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- Elijah Hunt Mills O-MA
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- William Pinkney O-MD
- John Chandler O-ME
- John Holmes O-ME
- David Holmes O-MS
- Montfort Stokes O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- James Barbour O-VA
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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