Senate roll call 310 · 24th Congress · Feb 3, 1837
To amend S. 20, by restricting the entry of land tracts by parents to male children only.
On Feb 3, 1837, the Senate voted 3–38 (S 20). Result: failed. By party: Others 3–38.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 3
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 3, 1837
By party
- Others3 yes · 38 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
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
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- 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
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- 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
- Judah Dana O-ME
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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