Senate roll call 437 · 24th Congress · Mar 3, 1837
To proceed to the consideration of the resolution authorizing the purchase of certain books for several Senate committee rooms.
On Mar 3, 1837, the Senate voted 18–24. Result: failed. By party: Others 18–24.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 3, 1837
By party
- Others18 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
Did not vote
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Tipton O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Black O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- 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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