Senate roll call 158 · 18th Congress · Feb 17, 1825
To amend the judiciary act by reducing to two, the number of circuit judges provided for by the bill. (p. 620)
On Feb 17, 1825, the Senate voted 28–17. Result: passed. By party: Others 28–17.
During the 18th Congress (1823–1824), James Monroe was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Feb 17, 1825
By party
- Others28 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Henry Waggaman Edwards O-CT
- James Lanman O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Elliott O-GA
- Thomas Willis Cobb O-GA
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Elijah Hunt Mills O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- John Chandler O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- John Branch O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Fabyan Parrott O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Joseph Mcilvaine O-NJ
- Martin Van Buren O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- William Findlay O-PA
- James De Wolf O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- James Barbour O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Kelly O-AL
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- John Holmes O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- David Holmes O-MS
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Ethan Allen Brown O-OH
- John Gaillard O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
Did not vote
- Nicholas Ware O-GA
- Ninian Edwards O-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- Walter Lowrie O-PA
- John Taylor O-VA
- William Adams Palmer O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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