Senate roll call 120 · 24th Congress · May 16, 1836
To ratiby article 20 of the treaty with the cherokee indians. Article 20 provides that the U.S. Pay all claims upon the indians.
On May 16, 1836, the Senate voted 12–26. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–26.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 16, 1836
By party
- Others12 yes · 26 no · 23 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- James Buchanan O-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Robert Strange O-NC
- John Page O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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