Senate roll call 83 · 18th Congress · May 8, 1824
To amend H.R. 478 by increasing duty from 4 cents to 18 1/2 cents per pound on books, bound, and 16 1/2 cents per pound when in sheets or boards on all books PR
On May 8, 1824, the Senate voted 22–25. Result: failed. By party: Others 22–25.
During the 18th Congress (1823–1824), James Monroe was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- May 8, 1824
By party
- Others22 yes · 25 no · 5 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Waggaman Edwards O-CT
- James Lanman O-CT
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- John Chandler O-ME
- John Holmes O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Joseph Mcilvaine O-NJ
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Ethan Allen Brown O-OH
- Walter Lowrie O-PA
- William Findlay O-PA
- James De Wolf O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
- William Adams Palmer O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Kelly O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Elliott O-GA
- Nicholas Ware O-GA
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Elijah Hunt Mills O-MA
- James Lloyd O-MA
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- David Holmes O-MS
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Fabyan Parrott O-NH
- Martin Van Buren O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- John Gaillard O-SC
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- James Barbour O-VA
- John Taylor O-VA
Did not vote
Other votes
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