Senate roll call 5 · 16th Congress · Feb 1, 1820
To amend H. R. 17 (3 stat. 545, 3/6/1820), by prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude in the admission of the state of missouri to the union. (p.359)
On Feb 1, 1820, the Senate voted 16–27. Result: failed. By party: Others 16–27.
During the 16th Congress (1819–1820), James Monroe was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Feb 1, 1820
By party
- Others16 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- James Noble O-IN
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Prentiss Mellen O-MA
- David Lawrence Morril 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
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- Walter Lowrie O-PA
- James Burrill Jr. O-RI
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Williams Walker O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- James Lanman O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Freeman Walker O-GA
- John Elliott O-GA
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- Ninian Edwards O-IL
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- William Logan O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Brown O-LA
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- William Pinkney O-MD
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- Walter Leake O-MS
- Montfort Stokes O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Fabyan Parrott O-NH
- William Hunter O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- John Williams O-TN
- James Barbour O-VA
- James Pleasants O-VA
- William Adams Palmer O-VT
Did not vote
- Outerbridge Horsey O-DE
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- Elijah Hunt Mills O-MA
- John Chandler O-ME
- John Holmes O-ME
- David Holmes O-MS
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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