House roll call 347 · 24th Congress · Jan 16, 1837
To table a memorial and petition of the board of managers of the colonization society of fredericksburg, wayne cty, ohio praying Congress to abolish slavery and
On Jan 16, 1837, the House voted 129–49. Result: passed. By party: Others 129–49.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 129
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Jan 16, 1837
By party
- Others129 yes · 49 no · 77 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joshua Lanier Martin O-AL
- Joab Lawler O-AL
- Francis Strother Lyon O-AL
- Archibald Yell O-AR
- Elisha Haley O-CT
- Lancelot Phelps O-CT
- Orrin Holt O-CT
- Thomas Tucker Whittlesey O-CT
- Charles Eaton Haynes O-GA
- Hopkins Holsey O-GA
- Jesse Franklin Cleveland O-GA
- Seaton Grantland O-GA
- John Reynolds O-IL
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- William L. May O-IL
- John Carr O-IN
- Amos Lane O-IN
- Linn Boyd O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Hawes O-KY
- Sherrod Williams O-KY
- James Harlan O-KY
- John Calhoon O-KY
- William Jordan Graves O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Chilton Allan O-KY
- Richard French O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Rice Garland O-LA
- John Nevett Steele O-MD
- James Turner O-MD
- Benjamin Chew Howard O-MD
- Isaac Mckim O-MD
- George Corbin Washington O-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-MD
- John Fairfield O-ME
- Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith O-ME
- Moses Mason Jr. O-ME
- Joseph Hall O-ME
- Leonard Jarvis O-ME
- Gorham Parks O-ME
- William Henry Ashley O-MO
- Ebenezer Pettigrew O-NC
- James Iver Mckay O-NC
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Henry William Connor O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Benning Moulton Bean O-NH
- Franklin Pierce O-NH
- Joseph Weeks O-NH
- Samuel Cushman O-NH
- William Chetwood O-NJ
- William Norton Shinn O-NJ
- Abel Huntington O-NY
- Samuel Barton O-NY
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng O-NY
- Ely Moore O-NY
- Gideon Lee O-NY
- John Mckeon O-NY
- John W. Brown O-NY
- Nicholas Sickles O-NY
- Aaron Vanderpoel O-NY
- Valentine Efner O-NY
- Gerrit Yates Lansing O-NY
- Dudley Farlin O-NY
- Matthias Jacob Bovee O-NY
- Abijah Mann Jr. O-NY
- Rutger Bleecker Miller O-NY
- Sherman Page O-NY
- William Seymour O-NY
- Joseph Reynolds O-NY
- Stephen Banks Leonard O-NY
- William Kendall Fuller O-NY
- William Taylor O-NY
- Ulysses Freeman Doubleday O-NY
- Joshua Lee O-NY
- John Young O-NY
- Thomas Lyon Hamer O-OH
- Jeremiah Mclene O-OH
- John Chaney O-OH
- William Kennon Sr. O-OH
- Elias Howell O-OH
- David Spangler O-OH
- William Patterson O-OH
- Michael Woolston Ash O-PA
- Jacob Fry Jr. O-PA
- David Douglas Wagener O-PA
- Edward Burd Hubley O-PA
- Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg O-PA
- Henry Logan O-PA
- Andrew Beaumont O-PA
- Joseph Biles Anthony O-PA
- John Laporte O-PA
- John Klingensmith Jr. O-PA
- Andrew Buchanan O-PA
- Henry Laurens Pinckney O-SC
- William John Grayson O-SC
- Robert Blair Campbell O-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore O-SC
- James Rogers O-SC
- John Peter Richardson O-SC
- John King Griffin O-SC
- William Blount Carter O-TN
- Samuel Bunch O-TN
- Luke Lea O-TN
- James Israel Standifer O-TN
- John B. Forester O-TN
- Balie Peyton O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Ebenezer J. Shields O-TN
- Cave Johnson O-TN
- Adam Huntsman O-TN
- William Claiborne Dunlap O-TN
- George Loyall O-VA
- John Winston Jones O-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole O-VA
- Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Robertson O-VA
- James Garland O-VA
- Edward Lucas O-VA
- James Madison Hite Beale O-VA
- Robert Craig O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins O-VA
- Joseph Johnson O-VA
- William Stephen Morgan O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- John Jones Milligan O-DE
- Johnathan Mccarty O-IN
- Benjamin Hardin O-KY
- Abbott Lawrence O-MA
- Stephen Clarendon Phillips O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- Samuel Hoar O-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- George Grennell Jr. O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Jeremiah Bailey O-ME
- George Evans O-ME
- James Parker O-NJ
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- David Abel Russell O-NY
- Daniel Wardwell O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- George Washington Lay O-NY
- Abner Hazeltine O-NY
- Thomas Cutting Love O-NY
- Bellamy Storer O-OH
- Taylor Webster O-OH
- Joseph Halsey Crane O-OH
- William Key Bond O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Jonathan Sloane O-OH
- Elisha Whittlesey O-OH
- John Thomson O-OH
- Benjamin Jones O-OH
- James Harper O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- David Potts Jr. O-PA
- Edward Darlington O-PA
- William Hiester O-PA
- William Clark O-PA
- Joseph Henderson O-PA
- Job Mann O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Harmar Denny O-PA
- John James Pearson O-PA
- Dutee Jerauld Pearce O-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Slade O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- Heman (of Milton) Allen O-VT
- Henry Fisk Janes O-VT
Did not vote
- Reuben Chapman O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis O-AL
- Andrew Thompson Judson O-CT
- Isaac Toucey O-CT
- Samuel Ingham O-CT
- Zalmon Wildman O-CT
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns O-GA
- George Welshman Owens O-GA
- Jabez Young Jackson O-GA
- John Coffee O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Thomas Glascock O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Ratliff Boon O-IN
- John Wesley Davis O-IN
- George L. Kinnard O-IN
- William Herod O-IN
- Edward Allen Hannegan O-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Chambers O-KY
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley O-LA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- William Jackson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Francis Thomas O-MD
- Isaac Edwin Crary O-MI
- Albert Galliton Harrison O-MO
- David Dickson O-MS
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne O-MS
- Samuel Jameson Gholson O-MS
- William Biddle Shepard O-NC
- Jesse Atherton Bynum O-NC
- Jesse Speight O-NC
- William Montgomery O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- Robert Burns O-NH
- Ferdinand Schureman Schenck O-NJ
- Philemon Dickerson O-NJ
- Samuel Fowler O-NJ
- Thomas Lee O-NJ
- Aaron Ward O-NY
- Abraham Bockee O-NY
- John Cramer O-NY
- Ransom Hooker Gillet O-NY
- Joel Turrill O-NY
- Samuel Beardsley O-NY
- William Mason O-NY
- Graham Hurd Chapin O-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- Philo Case Fuller O-NY
- Gideon Hard O-NY
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Daniel Kilgore O-OH
- Joel Barlow Sutherland O-PA
- Mathias Morris O-PA
- George Chambers O-PA
- James Black O-PA
- Jesse Miller O-PA
- Samuel Smith Harrison O-PA
- John Banks O-PA
- John Galbraith O-PA
- James Henry Hammond O-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens O-SC
- Waddy Thompson Jr. O-SC
- Richard Irvine Manning O-SC
- Abram Poindexter Maury O-TN
- James Knox Polk O-TN
- John Young Mason O-VA
- James Wood Bouldin O-VA
- Walter Coles O-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- John Roane O-VA
- John Mercer Patton O-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
- William Mccomas O-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
Other votes
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