Senate roll call 223 · 21st Congress · Feb 15, 1831
To pass the resolution that the select committee appointed last december 15 to inquire into the condition of the post office department is not authorized to inq
On Feb 15, 1831, the Senate voted 24–21. Result: passed. By party: Others 24–21.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Feb 15, 1831
By party
- Others24 yes · 21 no · 9 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- John Forsyth O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Edward Livingston O-LA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- George Poindexter O-MS
- Powhatan Ellis 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
- William Smith 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
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- 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
Did not vote
- John Mckinley O-AL
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- John Rowan O-KY
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
Other votes
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