Senate roll call 44 · 23rd Congress · May 6, 1834
To amend the resolution of MR. Poindexter, modified by the amendments of MR. Clay, providing that the President's protest asserts power contrary to the authorit
On May 6, 1834, the Senate voted 25–17. Result: passed. By party: Others 25–17.
During the 23rd Congress (1833–1834), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- May 6, 1834
By party
- Others25 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Nathan Smith O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- George Augustus Waggaman O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- George Poindexter O-MS
- John Black O-MS
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Forsyth O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- William Wilkins O-PA
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
Did not vote
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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