Senate roll call 140 · 21st Congress · May 17, 1830
To postpone indefinitely the resolution to repeal the public document resolution.
On May 17, 1830, the Senate voted 21–24. Result: failed. By party: Others 21–24.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- May 17, 1830
By party
- Others21 yes · 24 no · 9 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Noble O-IN
- Edward Livingston O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- 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
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Smith O-SC
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- John Mclean O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- John Rowan O-KY
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- James Iredell O-NC
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Mahlon Dickerson 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
Did not vote
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- George Poindexter O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- William Marks O-PA
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To postpone indefinitely the resolution to…: Senate Vote, May 17, 1830,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/21-S-140/to-postpone-indefinitely-the-resolution-to-repeal-the-public (accessed 2026-10-16).