Senate roll call 255 · 24th Congress · Jan 4, 1837
To amend S. 81 by eliminating the preamble setting forth the history and background of the bill
On Jan 4, 1837, the Senate voted 16–25 (S 81). Result: failed. By party: Others 16–25.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 4, 1837
By party
- Others16 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- John Black O-MS
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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