Senate roll call 233 · 20th Congress · Mar 2, 1829
To postpone the orders of the day, in order to consider H.R. 240, an act to provide for an exploring expedition to the pacific ocean and south sea. (JP. 177)
On Mar 2, 1829, the Senate voted 13–27. Result: failed. By party: Others 13–27.
During the 20th Congress (1827–1828), John Quincy Adams was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 2, 1829
By party
- Others13 yes · 27 no · 13 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- William Marks O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Henry Moore Ridgely O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Oliver Hillhouse Prince O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- John Rowan O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny O-LA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- John Chandler O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- James Iredell O-NC
- John Branch O-NC
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
- Isaac Dutton Barnard O-PA
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
Did not vote
- John Mckinley O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- Thomas Willis Cobb O-GA
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Albion Keith Parris O-ME
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Ephraim Bateman O-NJ
- Martin Van Buren O-NY
- William Henry Harrison O-OH
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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