Senate roll call 57 · 20th Congress · Apr 11, 1828
To recommit to the committee on military affairs the report on the expediency of abolishing the office of major general in the army with instructions to bring i
On Apr 11, 1828, the Senate voted 20–26. Result: failed. By party: Others 20–26.
During the 20th Congress (1827–1828), John Quincy Adams was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Apr 11, 1828
By party
- Others20 yes · 26 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Thomas Willis Cobb O-GA
- James Noble O-IN
- John Rowan O-KY
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Albion Keith Parris O-ME
- John Chandler O-ME
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Thomas Hill Williams O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Nathaniel Macon O-NC
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- William Smith O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Henry Moore Ridgely O-DE
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- Jesse Burgess Thomas O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Richard Mentor Johnson O-KY
- Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- David Barton O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Ephraim Bateman O-NJ
- Martin Van Buren O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- William Henry Harrison O-OH
- Isaac Dutton Barnard O-PA
- William Marks O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
Did not vote
- John Mckinley O-AL
- Oliver Hillhouse Prince O-GA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- James Iredell O-NC
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
Other votes
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