Senate roll call 257 · 21st Congress · Mar 2, 1831
To advise and consent to the nomination of stephan simpson, as U.S. Commissioner, under the treaty with denmark of march, 1830.
On Mar 2, 1831, the Senate voted 18–25. Result: failed. By party: Others 18–25.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Mar 2, 1831
By party
- Others18 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Mckinley O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Forsyth O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Edward Livingston O-LA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- 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
- Felix Grundy O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- 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
- George Poindexter O-MS
- 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
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
- John Tyler O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
Did not vote
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- John Rowan O-KY
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- 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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