Senate roll call 162 · 20th Congress · May 23, 1828
To amend major general bill by inserting at the end thereof the provision "that so much of the acts of july 16, 1818, as provides for conferring of brevet rank
On May 23, 1828, the Senate voted 25–14. Result: passed. By party: Others 25–14.
During the 20th Congress (1827–1828), John Quincy Adams was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 23, 1828
By party
- Others25 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Mckinley O-AL
- Henry Moore Ridgely O-DE
- Thomas Willis Cobb O-GA
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Albion Keith Parris O-ME
- John Chandler O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- William Henry Harrison O-OH
- William Marks O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- John Rowan O-KY
- Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Branch O-NC
- Martin Van Buren O-NY
- Isaac Dutton Barnard O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Oliver Hillhouse Prince O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- James Iredell O-NC
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Ephraim Bateman O-NJ
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
Other votes
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