Senate roll call 40 · 18th Congress · Apr 20, 1824
To indefinitely postpone, the consideration of the Senate bill, providing for the settlement of certain pecuniary claims against the U.S. (p. 531)
On Apr 20, 1824, the Senate voted 16–19. Result: failed. By party: Others 16–19.
During the 18th Congress (1823–1824), James Monroe was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Apr 20, 1824
By party
- Others16 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Henry Waggaman Edwards O-CT
- James Lanman O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- John Chandler O-ME
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Martin Van Buren O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Walter Lowrie O-PA
- William Findlay O-PA
- James De Wolf O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Gaillard O-SC
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Kelly O-AL
- Nicholas Van Dyke O-DE
- Waller Taylor O-IN
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- James Lloyd O-MA
- Edward Lloyd O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- John Fabyan Parrott O-NH
- Rufus King O-NY
- Ethan Allen Brown O-OH
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- James Barbour O-VA
- John Taylor O-VA
- William Adams Palmer O-VT
Did not vote
- John Elliott O-GA
- Nicholas Ware O-GA
- Thomas Willis Cobb O-GA
- John Mclean O-IL
- Ninian Edwards O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- Isham Talbot O-KY
- Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny O-LA
- Elijah Hunt Mills O-MA
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- David Holmes O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Joseph Mcilvaine O-NJ
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Andrew Jackson O-TN
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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