Senate roll call 51 · 14th Congress · Mar 20, 1816
To refer to a committee the resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution with relation to the method of choosing representatives and electors, with ins
On Mar 20, 1816, the Senate voted 12–21. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–21.
During the 14th Congress (1815–1816), James Madison was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Mar 20, 1816
By party
- Others12 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Daggett O-CT
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana O-CT
- Charles Tait O-GA
- William Wyatt Bibb O-GA
- James Brown O-LA
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Rufus King O-NY
- Abner Lacock O-PA
- Jonathan Roberts O-PA
- John Gaillard O-SC
- George Washington Campbell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Outerbridge Horsey O-DE
- William Hill Wells O-DE
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- William Taylor Barry O-KY
- Eligius Fromentin O-LA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum O-MA
- James Turner O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Jeremiah Mason O-NH
- Thomas Weston Thompson O-NH
- James Jefferson Wilson O-NJ
- John Condit O-NJ
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Jeremiah Brown Howell O-RI
- William Hunter O-RI
- John Williams O-TN
- Armistead Thomson Mason O-VA
- James Barbour O-VA
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Isaac Tichenor O-VT
Did not vote
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- James Noble O-IN
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Martin D. Hardin O-KY
- Christopher Gore O-MA
- Eli Porter Ashmun O-MA
- Alexander Contee Hanson O-MD
- Robert Goodloe Harper O-MD
- Montfort Stokes O-NC
- John Taylor O-SC
- William Smith O-SC
Other votes
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