Senate roll call 374 · 24th Congress · Feb 15, 1837
To amend S. 85, by proposing that the act should not be regarded as pledging the U.S. To any future appropriations for extensions of the cumberland road.
On Feb 15, 1837, the Senate voted 17–23 (S 85). Result: failed. By party: Others 17–23.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 15, 1837
By party
- Others17 yes · 23 no · 21 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- 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
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert 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
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
Did not vote
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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