Senate roll call 416 · 24th Congress · Feb 28, 1837
To pass S. 97, a bill purchasing the right to use the apparatus invented and patented by boyd reilly for applying gas or vapor to the human body in the naval an
On Feb 28, 1837, the Senate voted 18–16 (S 97). Result: passed. By party: Others 18–16.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 28, 1837
By party
- Others18 yes · 16 no · 27 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Ruggles O-ME
- John Black O-MS
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- 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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