Senate roll call 45 · 23rd Congress · May 6, 1834
On sustaining the decision of the chair on the resolution which decision held that MR. Clay's motion to table the resolutions of MR. Calhoun was not in order,
On May 6, 1834, the Senate voted 34–4. Result: passed. By party: Others 34–4.
During the 23rd Congress (1833–1834), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 6, 1834
By party
- Others34 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Nathan Smith O-CT
- John Forsyth O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton 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
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- William Wilkins O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
Did not vote
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- George Augustus Waggaman O-LA
- 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 Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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