Senate roll call 295 · 24th Congress · Feb 1, 1837
To reconsider the vote rejecting the amendment to S. 20, which amendment reduced to three months the required period of occupancy and cultivation !efore such la
On Feb 1, 1837, the Senate voted 28–18 (S 20). Result: passed. By party: Others 28–18.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 1, 1837
By party
- Others28 yes · 18 no · 15 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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