Senate roll call 234 · 19th Congress · Mar 3, 1827
To consider resolution that proposes to change the position of the chair of the President of the Senate and the seats of the senators.
On Mar 3, 1827, the Senate voted 20–21. Result: failed. By party: Others 20–21.
During the 19th Congress (1825–1826), John Quincy Adams was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 3, 1827
By party
- Others20 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Henry Waggaman Edwards O-CT
- Henry Moore Ridgely O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Thomas Willis Cobb O-GA
- John Rowan O-KY
- Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Thomas Buck Reed O-MS
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Martin Van Buren O-NY
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- John Randolph O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Mckinley O-AL
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Elijah Hunt Mills O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- John Chandler O-ME
- John Holmes O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Ephraim Bateman O-NJ
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- William Henry Harrison O-OH
- William Findlay O-PA
- William Marks O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Smith O-SC
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
Did not vote
- Henry H. Chambers O-AL
- Israel Pickens O-AL
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Daniel Rodney O-DE
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- James Lloyd O-MA
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Joseph Mcilvaine O-NJ
- James De Wolf O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- William Harper O-SC
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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