Senate roll call 304 · 24th Congress · Feb 1, 1837
To amend S. 20, by eliminating the provision that the restriction confining benefits of this act to U.S. Citizens shall apply only to the pre-emption principle
On Feb 1, 1837, the Senate voted 9–32 (S 20). Result: failed. By party: Others 9–32.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 1, 1837
By party
- Others9 yes · 32 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
How each senator voted: No
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Black O-MS
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Tipton O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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