Senate roll call 95 · 24th Congress · Apr 27, 1836
To amend amendment to S. 40 by adding to the amendment limiting individual purchases of land to 320 acres, the provision that only heads of aamilies make entry
On Apr 27, 1836, the Senate voted 20–21 (S 40). Result: failed. By party: Others 20–21.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 27, 1836
By party
- Others20 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- John Black O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John Tipton O-IN
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- 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
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- 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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