Senate roll call 291 · 25th Congress · Jan 11, 1839
To amend S. 1 by permitting actual settlers to enter lands on market 15 years at fifty cents an acre, and limiting quantity to 80 acres each.
On Jan 11, 1839, the Senate voted 24–19 (S 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–12, Others 7–7. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 11, 1839
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Milton Niles D-CT voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- Reuel Williams D-ME voted no
- Bedford Brown D-NC voted no
- Robert Strange D-NC voted no
- Henry Hubbard D-NH voted no
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ voted no
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC voted no
- William Cabell Rives D-VA voted no
- William Henry Roane D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- John Tipton D-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Norvell D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- Thomas Hickman Williams D-MS
- William Allen D-OH
- Samuel Mckean D-PA
- Ephraim Hubbard Foster O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- John Davis O-MA
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- William Cabell Rives D-VA
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- John Mckinley D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John Pendleton King D-GA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- James Fisher Trotter D-MS
- John Black O-MS
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge D-NY
- Thomas Morris D-OH
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- Richard Elliott Parker D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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