Senate roll call 140 · 18th Congress · Jan 17, 1825
To pass the bill abolishing imprisonment for debt. (p. 126-2)
On Jan 17, 1825, the Senate voted 20–23. Result: failed. By party: Others 20–23.
During the 18th Congress (1823–1824), James Monroe was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Jan 17, 1825
By party
- Others20 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Elliott O-GA
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- James Lloyd O-MA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- David Holmes O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Martin Van Buren O-NY
- Walter Lowrie O-PA
- William Findlay O-PA
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- James Barbour O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Waggaman Edwards O-CT
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Willis Cobb O-GA
- John Mclean O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- Elijah Hunt Mills O-MA
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- John Chandler O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- John Fabyan Parrott O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Rufus King O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Ethan Allen Brown O-OH
- James De Wolf O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
- William Adams Palmer O-VT
Did not vote
- William Kelly O-AL
- James Lanman O-CT
- Nicholas Ware O-GA
- Ninian Edwards O-IL
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- John Holmes O-ME
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- Joseph Mcilvaine O-NJ
- John Taylor O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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