Senate roll call 60 · 16th Congress · May 9, 1820
To decide the question to eliminate the following words, "to them and their heirs forever," and also the following proviso, "provided nevertheless, that the sai
On May 9, 1820, the Senate voted 1–22. Result: failed. By party: Others 1–22.
During the 16th Congress (1819–1820), James Monroe was president.
- Yes
- 1
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 9, 1820
By party
- Others1 yes · 22 no · 28 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Walter Lowrie O-PA
How each senator voted: No
- John Williams Walker O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- Ninian Edwards O-IL
- William Logan O-KY
- Walter Leake O-MS
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- David Lawrence Morril O-NH
- John Fabyan Parrott O-NH
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- William Allen Trimble O-OH
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- James Burrill Jr. 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
- James Lanman O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Outerbridge Horsey O-DE
- Freeman Walker O-GA
- John Elliott O-GA
- James Noble O-IN
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- James Brown O-LA
- Elijah Hunt Mills O-MA
- Harrison Gray Otis O-MA
- Prentiss Mellen O-MA
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- William Pinkney O-MD
- John Chandler O-ME
- John Holmes O-ME
- David Holmes O-MS
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- Montfort Stokes O-NC
- James Jefferson Wilson O-NJ
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Hunter O-RI
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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