Senate roll call 208 · 21st Congress · Jan 17, 1831
To pass S. 87, appropriating $15,000 to enable the President to employ two or more vessels to cruise off the coasts of the U.S. To help vessels in distress.
On Jan 17, 1831, the Senate voted 26–13. Result: passed. By party: Others 26–13.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jan 17, 1831
By party
- Others26 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Edward Livingston O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
- William Marks O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Mckinley O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Forsyth O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- George Poindexter O-MS
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
Did not vote
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- John Rowan O-KY
- John Holmes O-ME
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- James Iredell O-NC
- John Branch O-NC
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Isaac Dutton Barnard O-PA
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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