Senate roll call 136 · 21st Congress · May 14, 1830
To amend S. 120 to authorize the President to reduce the number of naval officers, rather than to allow reduction through resignation, death, or otherwise.
On May 14, 1830, the Senate voted 5–37. Result: failed. By party: Others 5–37.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- May 14, 1830
By party
- Others5 yes · 37 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Forsyth O-GA
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
How each senator voted: No
- John Mckinley O-AL
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- John Rowan O-KY
- Edward Livingston O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- James Iredell O-NC
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jacob Burnet 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
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
Did not vote
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- David Barton O-MO
- George Poindexter O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- William Smith O-SC
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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