Senate roll call 16 · 23rd Congress · Mar 5, 1834
To pass the third resolution for making a general investigation to protect purchasers of public lands from being swindled by the officers superintending the sal
On Mar 5, 1834, the Senate voted 39–1. Result: passed. By party: Others 39–1.
During the 23rd Congress (1833–1834), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 5, 1834
By party
- Others39 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Nathan Smith O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Forsyth O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- George Augustus Waggaman O-LA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- George Poindexter O-MS
- John Black O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- William Wilkins O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ether Shepley O-ME
Did not vote
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- John Tyler O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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