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113,568 recorded House and Senate votes since 1789, newest first (page 412 of 455)

To amend S. 28 to change the age at which a settler, who is head of a family, is eligible for the benefits of this…Senate · Jan 20, 1841
To pass the bill H.R. 536 (app. Feb. 2, 1841) to make temporary provisions for lunatics in the district of columbia.Senate · Jan 20, 1841
To amend S. 28, by substituting a new bill after the enacting clause. This new bill would grant pre-emption to those…Senate · Jan 19, 1841
To recommit S. 28 to committee with instructions to report amends. Thereto providing to grant proceeds of sales of…Senate · Jan 19, 1841
To recommit S. 28 to committee with instructions to substitute a new subject after the enacting clause, the substitute…Senate · Jan 19, 1841
To amend S. 185, a bill to make certain appropriations for the patent office, by eliminating the appropriation of…Senate · Jan 19, 1841
To table the resolution to postpone S. 28 until monday next.Senate · Jan 15, 1841
To adjourn until monday next, when the Senate adjourns today.Senate · Jan 8, 1841
To amend S. 28, to prevent the acquisition of a pre-emption right by any person who owns land and quits it to live on…Senate · Jan 6, 1841
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 99, to grant public land to howard university in the district of…Senate · Jan 6, 1841
To agree to the second part of the amendment to the amend. To S. 28, providing to extend these benefits only to those…Senate · Jan 5, 1841
To agree to the first part of the amendment to the amendment to S. 28 which would extend the benefits of the act only…Senate · Jan 5, 1841
To amend S. 28, to confine the benefits of the bill to citizens of the U.S.Senate · Jan 4, 1841
To amend the bill S. 28, establishing a permanent prospective pre-emption system in favor of settlers on the public…Senate · Jan 4, 1841
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 6, to create an additional land office in the state of michigan…Senate · Dec 31, 1840
To adopt the resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty of commerce and navigation between the…Senate · Dec 31, 1840
To table the motion to bring in the bill for circulation of banks and bankers, and of all corporation's, companies and…Senate · Dec 24, 1840
To order engrossmant and third reading of S. 69 (app. 3/2/41), awarding a pension to hannah leighton, widow of isaac…Senate · Dec 23, 1840
To adopt the resolution concerning the new york indian treaty. The vice President voted in the affirmative.Senate · Jul 25, 1840
To amend, in the nature of a substitute to, the resolution concerning the n.y. Indian treaty, to provide that: in the…Senate · Jul 25, 1840
To amend the amendment to the resolution concerning the new york indian treaty, to propose that the Senate concur that…Senate · Jul 25, 1840
To amend the amendment in the nature of a substitute for the resolution concerning the n.y. Indian treaty, to provide…Senate · Jul 25, 1840
To amend, in the nature of a substitute for, the resolution concerning the new york indian treaty, to provide that…Senate · Jul 24, 1840
To amend, in the nature of a substitute for, the resolution concerning the n.y. Indian treaty, so as to provide that…Senate · Jul 24, 1840
To amend, in the nature of a substitute for, the res. Concerning the n.y. Indian treaty, so as to provide that in the…Senate · Jul 24, 1840
To amend the resolution that the Senate do not advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty made with the…Senate · Jul 24, 1840
To amend the bill H.R. 27, for the relief of chastelain and ponvert, to further amend the bill to include the…Senate · Jul 20, 1840
To recede from the Senate amendment to H.R. 5 in order to bring the minds of both houses together in agreement on the…Senate · Jul 20, 1840
To table the resolution S.J.RES. 18, to authorize the SEC. Of the navy to purchase repeating rifles and pistols for…Senate · Jul 20, 1840
To adopt S.RES. 22.Senate · Jul 20, 1840
To recommit S.RES. 22 to committee with instructions to amend the resolution to provide that each stockholder in such…Senate · Jul 20, 1840
To recommit S. 22 to committee with instructions to amend said bill by substitution, changing the effective date and…Senate · Jul 20, 1840
To adopt the resolution to grant $300 to james tims for services rendered to the Senate during the present session.Senate · Jul 20, 1840
To recede from the Senate amendment to H.R. 6; said amend. Would have appropriated a sum for the survey of the…Senate · Jul 18, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of S.RES. 22.Senate · Jul 18, 1840
To amend S.RES. 22 to make stockholders of said banks liable for the debts of the banks.Senate · Jul 18, 1840
To amend, in the nature of a substitute, S.RES. 22, to provide to make stockholders liable, to prevent banks from…Senate · Jul 18, 1840
To consider the resolution S.RES. 22 to continue the corporate existence of the banks in the district of columbia.Senate · Jul 18, 1840
To consider the resolution S.RES. 21 to direct the transfer to the state of maryland of the stock in the chesapeake…Senate · Jul 18, 1840
To adopt the resolution proposing to make various extra allowances, to the officers, messengers, and other attendants…Senate · Jul 18, 1840
To amend the resolution proposing to make various extra allowances, to the officers, messengers, and other attendants…Senate · Jul 18, 1840
To amend H.R. 5 by appropriating $5000 for the purchase of a site adjoining the U.S., arsenal at fayetteville, n.c.Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To concur in the amendment of H.R. 5 providing that in the case of a deficiency of revenue, the President shall be…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 5 to appropriate a sum for the purchase of an island at the confluence of the ST…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To amend H.R. 5, by appropriating $6000 to make necessary repairs to public works on hudson river, below and above…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To amend the bill H.R. 5 (app. July 20, 1840) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year 1840, by…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To table a memorial of the farmers and mechanics bank, of georgetown, and the bank of the metropolis; and patriotic…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To table the bill, S. 395, to provide for the ascertainment of the wishes of the people of the district of columbia…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To postpone the previous orders, for the purpose of further consideration of the bill S. 395, to provide for the…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of S. 378.Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To table S. 378.Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To consider the bill S. 378, to amend and continue in force the acts to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the res. H.j.r. 14, for the exchange of books and public documents for foreign…Senate · Jul 17, 1840
To reconsider the vote by which passage of H.R. 465 was rejected.Senate · Jul 16, 1840
To table the resolution, to print report of the geological and minerological survey on the mineral region in iowa and…Senate · Jul 16, 1840
To amend the resolution, to print report of the geological, and minerological survey on the mineral region in iowa and…Senate · Jul 16, 1840
To postpone until the next session, further consideration of the resolution to print report of the geological and…Senate · Jul 15, 1840
To pass H.R. 465.Senate · Jul 15, 1840
To adopt the resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty of commerce and navigation between the…Senate · Jul 15, 1840
To adopt the resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty of peace, friendship, navigation and…Senate · Jul 15, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of H.R. 465.Senate · Jul 14, 1840
To amend H.R. 465, so as to eliminate the second section of the bill which determines fines to be imposed on…Senate · Jul 14, 1840
To amend H.R. 465, so as to repeal sections 29-32 of the act entitled "the act to incorporate the subscribers to…Senate · Jul 14, 1840
To amend H.R. 465, so as to outline the responsibilities of stockholders in banks covered by this bill.Senate · Jul 14, 1840
To amend H.R. 465, to provide that bills, notes, etc, may not be issued by banks unless said bills are backed by specie.Senate · Jul 14, 1840
To amend H.R. 465 to set a time limit for banks to resume specie payments in order to exercise their banking privileges.Senate · Jul 14, 1840
To amend H.R. 465, so as to regulate and dictate specie payments.Senate · Jul 14, 1840
To table the bill H.R. 88 for the relief of the owners of bounty land warrants for military services, in the army of…Senate · Jul 14, 1840
To amend H.R. 465 by eliminating the second section of the bill which provides that if the President and directors of…Senate · Jul 13, 1840
To agree to the amendment as amended to H.R. 465 which amended amendment permits said banks to enjoy all their…Senate · Jul 13, 1840
To amend the proposed amendment to H.R. 465, by inserting "that no officer of the federal government, nor any member…Senate · Jul 13, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 465, by inserting "that from and after 60 days from taking effect of this act, no…Senate · Jul 13, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 465 so as to make the President and directors of each bank individually liable for all…Senate · Jul 13, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 465 so as to restrict the power of said banks to issue notes.Senate · Jul 13, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 465 by changing the time when banks must resume specie payments from "on or before…Senate · Jul 13, 1840
To amend the 2nd amendment to the bill H.R. 465, to continue the corporate existence of certain banks in the district…Senate · Jul 13, 1840
To pass H.R. 448.Senate · Jul 11, 1840
To postpone, indefinitely, consideration of H.R. 448.Senate · Jul 11, 1840
To recommit H.R. 448 to the judiciary committee with instructions to report a substitute providing for the…Senate · Jul 11, 1840
To amend H.R. 6, by appropriating $30,000 for a survey of the coast between mobile and the mouth of the mississippi in…Senate · Jul 11, 1840
To amend H.R. 6 so as to eliminate the appropriations for dry dock at new york and pensacola.Senate · Jul 11, 1840
To amend H.R. 6 (app. July 2, 1840), a bill making appropriations for the naval service for 1840, by appropriating…Senate · Jul 11, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of H.R. 448.Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To reconsider the vote concurring in the amendment to H.R. 448, providing for the forfieture of per diem pay of a…Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To amend H.R. 448 so as to permit the franking privileges only on public documents, when Congress is not in session.Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To amend H.R. 448 by permitting members of Congress to enjoy franking privileges, from a period, beginning 30 days…Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To amend H.R. 448 to deduct a member's per diem, where he fails to answer the rolls of the yeas and nays, unless…Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To amend H.R. 448 so that hereafter no stationery be allowed to members of Congress, and instead, there shall be paid…Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To adopt the amendment as amended to H.R. 448, by making the shortest mail route the standard of distance and…Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 448 by eliminating, "by the most usual mail route" and insert, "by the shortest mail…Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To postpone indefinitely consideration of H.R. 448.Senate · Jul 10, 1840
To adjourn, during debate on the bill, H.R. 448, to establish a uniform rule for computing the mileage of members of…Senate · Jul 9, 1840
To postpone until monday next, further consideration of S.RES. 2, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the…Senate · Jul 9, 1840
The vote is to further consider a house bill to regulate and equalize the mileage of members of Congress.Senate · Jul 9, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 376.Senate · Jul 9, 1840
To amend S. 376 to eliminate the words "to be paid to him as a compensation for his services," and inserting "to…Senate · Jul 9, 1840
To amend S. 376 so as to reduce the compensation and expenses of the attorney general from $3000 to $2000.Senate · Jul 9, 1840
To amend the bill S. 376, so as to authorize the stereotyping, printing, and publishing of a complete edition of the…Senate · Jul 9, 1840
To amend S. 376 so as to eliminate the provision giving one copy of said laws to each senator, representative and…Senate · Jul 9, 1840
To postpone indefinitely the bill, H.R. 45, for the relief of sylvester philips, and the heirs or legal…Senate · Jul 8, 1840
To amend the bill S. 281, for the relief of james h. Clark, by reducing the amount of claim from $3061.00 to $160.94.Senate · Jul 7, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of H.R. 100.Senate · Jul 7, 1840
To amend H.R. 100, to provide that all drawbacks on articles manufactured in the U.S., from foreign materials, subject…Senate · Jul 7, 1840
To amend H.R. 100, to provide that the bill is to cease effectiveness after june 30, 1842.Senate · Jul 6, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 100 so to make the act effective as of oct. 1, 1840.Senate · Jul 6, 1840
To amend an amendment to H.R. 100, so as to make sept. 1st instead of oct. Next the effective date of the act.Senate · Jul 6, 1840
To amend H.R. 100 to provide that no mixed goods shall be designated as silk, unless the value of the silk in the…Senate · Jul 6, 1840
To agree to the amendment as amended to H.R. 100, to declare any witness incompetent who should have any interest…Senate · Jul 6, 1840
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S.RES. 19, to continue the corporate existence of certain banks in the…Senate · Jul 3, 1840
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of the following resolution: that the SEC. Of war be directed to furnish…Senate · Jul 3, 1840
To sustain the ruling of the chair made during consideration of the bill H.R. 465, to continue the corporate existence…Senate · Jul 3, 1840
To table H.R. 100, a bill to ensure the more faithful execution of the laws in the collection of duties on imports.Senate · Jul 3, 1840
To pass the bill S. 368, (app. June 1840), which is a supplement to an act entitled "an act for the discontinuance of…Senate · Jul 1, 1840
To postpone indefinitely consideration of the bill S. 22 to authorize the mount carmel and albany railroad company, to…Senate · Jun 29, 1840
To amend the bill S. 225, to authorize the construction of a road from dubuque, in the territory of iowa, to the…Senate · Jun 29, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 261, for the relief of the administrator of michael hogan…Senate · Jun 26, 1840
To pass S. 369.Senate · Jun 25, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 369.Senate · Jun 24, 1840
To amend S. 369 by requiring notice to be given where practicable to all creditors, either personal or by letter, of…Senate · Jun 24, 1840
To amend S. 369 by eliminating a clause limiting the period of effectiveness of the act, thus making it a permanent act.Senate · Jun 24, 1840
To agree to february 1 as the effective date of S. 369.Senate · Jun 24, 1840
To agree, on reconsideration, to fix march 4 as the effective date of S. 369.Senate · Jun 24, 1840
To reconsider the vote on S. 369, by which it was decided to fix march 4 as the effective date of the act.Senate · Jun 24, 1840
To table S. 369.Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To agree to the amendment to S. 369 which would nullify any attachment or mesne process which should be made…Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To adjourn the Senate, motion made during consideration of S. 369.Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To recommit S. 369 with instructions to alter the bill so as to vest appointment of assigners solely in the creditors…Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To amend S. 369 to provide that the act is only to apply to future contracts.Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To amend S. 369 to provide that in a voluntary bankruptcy, where it is made to appear that the bankrupt made…Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To amend S. 369 so as to provide that in cases where the bankruptcy is voluntary, the bankrupt shall not be discharged…Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To amend S. 369 to provide that in case a debtor shall fraudulently dispose of any of his goods or chattels, or…Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To amend S. 369 to provide that in case of the debtor being arrested or surrendered, in the discharge of his bail…Senate · Jun 23, 1840
To amend the bill, S. 369, establishing a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the U.S., by adding a provision that…Senate · Jun 22, 1840
To amend bill S. 85, giving the assent of Congress to the acts of the general assembly of virginia, incorporating the…Senate · Jun 22, 1840
To postpone indefinitely the bill S. 22, to authorize the mount carmel and new albany railroad company to enter on…Senate · Jun 19, 1840
To amend the bill S. 322 to authorize the erection of certain light houses and lightboats, and the establishment of…Senate · Jun 17, 1840
To order printing of the reply from the board of directors of the union bank of florida, to the reports of the bank…Senate · Jun 17, 1840
To amend in the nature of a substitute the resolution adverse to the claim of the heirs of robert fulton, so as to…Senate · Jun 16, 1840
To amend the motion to have printed 10,000 copies of two reports of the SEC. Of war regarding the reorganization of…Senate · Jun 16, 1840
To amend the title of S. 299 to read "an act to extend the charters of the suspended banks of the dist. Of columbia."Senate · Jun 16, 1840
To pass S. 299. 7Senate · Jun 16, 1840
To concur in the resolution of the comm. Of the militia, in which the committee asks to be discharged from further…Senate · Jun 15, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 299.Senate · Jun 15, 1840
To agree to adopt the amendment as amended to S. 299.Senate · Jun 15, 1840
To amend amendment, in nature of a substitute, to S. 299, which substitute, is to continue, the charter of the farmers…Senate · Jun 15, 1840
To amend the amendment in the nature of a substitute for S. 299, which substitute would continue the charter of the…Senate · Jun 15, 1840
To amend the amendment in nature of a substitute for S. 299 which substitute would continue the charter of the farmers…Senate · Jun 15, 1840
To amend the amendment, in nature of a substitute, for the bill S. 299, incorporating the several banks of the…Senate · Jun 15, 1840
To amend the amendment, in the nature of a substitute to S. 299, which substitute, would continue the charter of the…Senate · Jun 15, 1840
To print 20,000 copies of the report of the committee of the militia.Senate · Jun 13, 1840
To add to the motion to print 20,000 copies of the report of the committee of the militia, the letter of the SEC. Of…Senate · Jun 13, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 180, to explain and amend the fifth section of the act passed june…Senate · Jun 11, 1840
To table the bill S. 180, to explain and amend the fifth section of the act passed june 30, 1834, for the better…Senate · Jun 11, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 246, to organize a company of sappers, miners, and pontoniers.Senate · Jun 11, 1840
To table the resolution to fortify the penobscot river boundary as protection against great britain.Senate · Jun 11, 1840
To concur in the amendment to the bill S. 92 (app. June 12, 1842), for the discontinuance of the office of surveyor…Senate · Jun 9, 1840
To amend the bill H.R. 265, for the relief of general duncan l. Clinch, to clarify the circumstances under which…Senate · Jun 8, 1840
To pass the bill S. 112, for the relief of the legal representatives of philip barbour, deceased.Senate · Jun 8, 1840
To adopt the resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of a treaty made and concluded on…Senate · Jun 8, 1840
To postpone indefinitely consideration of S. 324.Senate · Jun 5, 1840
To amend an amendment to S. 324, so as to eliminate the provision in the amendment that all persons residing in the…Senate · Jun 5, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of the bill S. 112, for the relief of the legal representatives of philip…Senate · Jun 5, 1840
To postpone indefinitely consideration of S. 324.Senate · Jun 5, 1840
To adjourn until monday next, when the Senate adjourns today.Senate · Jun 5, 1840
To consider executive business.Senate · Jun 4, 1840
To amend an amendment to S. 324 so as to eliminate the following words, "and all persons, corporations, or…Senate · Jun 2, 1840
To amend S. 324, by eliminating section 9, lines 53, as follows: "and that no person shall be entitled to such decree…Senate · May 29, 1840
To amend S. 324 by eliminating from section 14, the following words, "and in making such dividends, the said assignees…Senate · May 29, 1840
To postpone indefinitely the bill S. 112, for the relief of the legal representatives of philip barbor, deceased.Senate · May 29, 1840
To amend an amendment to the bill S. 324, to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the U.S.; which…Senate · May 28, 1840
To pass the bill S. 222, to convey property to the values of $5,000 for the use of howard institution of the city of…Senate · May 27, 1840
To postpone indefinitely to bill S. 217, for the relief of joseph roby.Senate · May 25, 1840
To amend the bill S. 352, making appropriations for the patent office for the year 1840, by eliminating…Senate · May 25, 1840
To change the daily hour of meeting for the Senate to 12 noon.Senate · May 22, 1840
To adjourn.Senate · May 22, 1840
To postpone, indefinitely, consideration of the report from the comm. On claims concerning the petition for the relief…Senate · May 21, 1840
To postpone indefinitely the bill S. 33, for the relief of richard robertson.Senate · May 18, 1840
To pass the bill S. 185, to create an additional land office in the state of michigan.Senate · May 15, 1840
To postpone indefinitely the bill S. 142, for the relief of william bennett.Senate · May 14, 1840
To adopt the resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of a treaty made at stockbridge in…Senate · May 13, 1840
To adopt the resolution to change the hour of meeting from 12 noon to 11 a.m.Senate · May 12, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 118, granting a pension to the hamah leighton.Senate · May 11, 1840
To consider the resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to provide the Senate with report of his expenses…Senate · May 7, 1840
To adjourn; the vice President voting in the negative.Senate · May 7, 1840
To pass the bill H.R. 8 (app. May 2, 1840), making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the…Senate · May 4, 1840
To amend the bill H.R. 8 (app. May 2, 1840), making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the…Senate · May 4, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 22, to authorize the new albany and mount carmel r.r. Co. To…Senate · Apr 29, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 111, granting to the state of michigan, a quantity of land to aid…Senate · Apr 29, 1840
To table the resolution calling on the SEC. Of the treasury for information as to the names and number of banks in…Senate · Apr 28, 1840
To postpone, indefinitely, the bill H.R. 44 for the relief of thomas fillebrown JR.Senate · Apr 27, 1840
To pass S. 10.Senate · Apr 24, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of S. 10.Senate · Apr 23, 1840
To amend S. 10, by eliminating from section 2 the provision which confined the privileges of purchasing lands at a…Senate · Apr 23, 1840
To amend the amendment to the bill S. 10, providing for the reduction and graduation of the piece of public lands, by…Senate · Apr 23, 1840
To table the bill S. 124, for settlement of the claim of avery saltmarsh and co. On account of losses sustained in…Senate · Apr 23, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 124, for settlement of claim of avery saltmarsh and company for…Senate · Apr 22, 1840
To pass S. 12.Senate · Apr 21, 1840
To recommit the bill S. 12 to the comm. On public lands with instructions, first: to restrict the right of pre-emption…Senate · Apr 21, 1840
To pass the bill S. 188 for the relief of the vestry and church wardens of the protestant episcopal church of the…Senate · Apr 18, 1840
To adjourn.Senate · Apr 17, 1840
To adjourn.Senate · Apr 17, 1840
To postpone indefinitely the bill S. 188 for the relief of the vestry and churchwardens of the protestant episcopal…Senate · Apr 17, 1840
To recommit the bill S. 114, supplementing an act to establish branches of the U.S. Mint, to the comm. On finance…Senate · Apr 17, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of S. 12.Senate · Apr 16, 1840
To amend S. 12 by eliminating 2nd section of bill which would give right of pre-emption to inhabitants of land, who…Senate · Apr 16, 1840
To amend S. 12 so as to extend the pre-emption act of june 22, 1838 to june 22, 1842.Senate · Apr 16, 1840
To amend an amendment to the bill S. 12 (app. June 1, 1840) supplementing an act to grant pre-emption rights to…Senate · Apr 16, 1840
To pass the resolutions protesting the seizure of the negroes on board the brig enterprise by the authorities of the…Senate · Apr 15, 1840
To table the resolutions: (1) that a vessel on high seas in time of peace, engaged in lawful voyage, is, according to…Senate · Apr 15, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 139, to revive an act to enable claimants of land in wisconsin…Senate · Apr 13, 1840
To amend the bill S. 139, to revive an act entitled, an act to enable claimants of land within the limits of…Senate · Apr 13, 1840
To adopt the resolution to provide that the President be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate of the whole…Senate · Apr 6, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of S. 159.Senate · Apr 3, 1840
To amend the bill, S. 92 (app. June 12, 1840) for the discontinuance of the office of surveyor general in the several…Senate · Apr 3, 1840
To amend an amendment to S. 159, so as to further reduce the appropriation for the states of ohio, ind. And ill.Senate · Apr 2, 1840
To amend S. 159 so that 2% of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands in the states of indiana, illinois, and…Senate · Apr 2, 1840
To order engrossment and 3rd reading of the bill S. 90, to relinquish the revisionary interest of the U.S. To a…Senate · Apr 2, 1840
To amend S. 159 by eliminating the provision that sums appropriated for the construction of the road, shall be…Senate · Apr 1, 1840
To table the resolution s.r. 4, that the President of the Senate and the speaker of the house of rep. Adjourn their…Senate · Mar 31, 1840
To bring up for final passage, the bill H.R. 18, additional to the act on the subject of treasury notes.Senate · Mar 30, 1840
To recommit the bill S. 3, to more effectually secure public money in the hands of officers and agents of the…Senate · Mar 27, 1840
To amend S. 159 to provide that certain specific sums be appropriated for the military and geographical survey of the…Senate · Mar 26, 1840
To recommit the bill S. 110, to provide for the payment of damages sustained by individuals in wars with indian tribes…Senate · Mar 20, 1840
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 15, a bill granting a pension to lemuel white.Senate · Mar 18, 1840
To postpone further consideration of S. 159, until thursday next.Senate · Mar 18, 1840
To postpone consideration until monday next of the bill S. 159, for the continuation of the cumberland road in the…Senate · Mar 17, 1840
To adopt the resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the convention for the adjustment of claims of…Senate · Mar 17, 1840
To postpone the resolution s.r. 4, until march 30, providing that the President of the Senate and the speaker of the…Senate · Mar 16, 1840
To consent to the nomination of henry ledyard as secretary to the legation at paris.Senate · Mar 16, 1840
To table the resolution s.r. 4, that the President of the Senate and the speaker of the house of rep. Adjourn their…Senate · Mar 9, 1840
To postpone until monday next, further consideration of the resolution s.r. 4, that the President of the Senate and…Senate · Mar 9, 1840
To print ten thousand additional copies for the use of the Senate of the documents reported from the committee on…Senate · Mar 9, 1840
To amend the 4th resolution, that to set apart the public lands, or the revenues arising therefrom for the before…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To amend the resolutions, regarding assumption of state debts, by adding a provision that the resolutions, shall not…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To adopt the third resolution on assumption of state debts, which is that such assumption would be wholly unauthorized…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To adopt the second resolution of the select committee, which provides that the assumption of state debts would be…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To pass the first resolution that the assumption of the debts of the states would be unjust to both the states and the…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To amend the first resolution of the select committee which resolution is that the assumption, directly or indirectly…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To strike out all of the resolutions submitted by the committee, which resolutions oppose the assumption of state…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To amend MR. Buchanan's amendment to the resolutions of the select committee on the subject of assumption of state…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To adopt the resolution to amend the 47th rule to admit a certain number of reporters under certain conditions and…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To amend the resolution to admit reporters to the Senate under certain restrictions and conditions as set forth in the…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To table the resolution that the 47th rule be amended to read-- "two reporters be allowed for each of the daily…Senate · Mar 6, 1840
To concur in the house amendment to the bill S. 179, (app. Mar. 4, 1840, 5 stat l 369), to continue the office of…Senate · Mar 4, 1840
To table the whole subject of allowing a debenture on foreign coal consumed in steam packets. The committee proposed a…Senate · Mar 2, 1840
To concur in house amendment to S. 154 (app. Feb. 26, 1840, 5 stat 365), a bill to amend an act to provide for taking…Senate · Feb 24, 1840
To recommit the report on the bill S. 298, for the relief of jubal b. Hancock, to the comm. On indian affairs with…Senate · Feb 20, 1840
To postpone consideration of the resolution of the select committee, which resolution oppose the assumption of the…Senate · Feb 20, 1840
To consent to the nomination of joshua vansant as postmaster at baltimore, maryland.Senate · Feb 17, 1840
To refer to the comm. On the judiciary, a memorial from inhabitants of the territory of florida, seeking admission…Senate · Feb 12, 1840