Senate roll call 108 · 21st Congress · Apr 30, 1830
To agree to an amendment to S. 87, in the nature of a substitute; said amendment to create an executive department to be known as the law department, of which t
On Apr 30, 1830, the Senate voted 24–22. Result: passed. By party: Others 24–22.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Apr 30, 1830
By party
- Others24 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Mckinley O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- John Forsyth O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- John Rowan O-KY
- Edward Livingston O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- James Iredell O-NC
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Isaac Dutton Barnard O-PA
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Noble O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
- 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
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- George Poindexter O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
Other votes
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