Senate roll call 54 · 23rd Congress · May 9, 1834
To table S. 78, authorizing the people of michigan territory to form a separate state government and for the admission of such state into the union on equal foo
On May 9, 1834, the Senate voted 14–20 (S 78). Result: failed. By party: Others 14–20.
During the 23rd Congress (1833–1834), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 9, 1834
By party
- Others14 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Nathan Smith O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Samuel Bell 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
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
Did not vote
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Forsyth O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Henry Clay 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
- George Poindexter O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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