Senate roll call 90 · 24th Congress · Apr 25, 1836
To amend S. 40 by distributing land according to the compound representation of the states in Congress.
On Apr 25, 1836, the Senate voted 6–37 (S 40). Result: failed. By party: Others 6–37.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Apr 25, 1836
By party
- Others6 yes · 37 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Robert John Walker O-MS
How each senator voted: No
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Black O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Tipton O-IN
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Robert Strange O-NC
- John Page O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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