Senate roll call 404 · 24th Congress · Feb 25, 1837
To table the motion to receive petitions and memorials from 6,000 pennsylvanians to abolish slavery in the district of columbia and in the territories.
On Feb 25, 1837, the Senate voted 21–12. Result: passed. By party: Others 21–12.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 25, 1837
By party
- Others21 yes · 12 no · 28 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
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- John Ruggles O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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