Senate roll call 254 · 21st Congress · Mar 1, 1831
To postpone the orders of the day in order to consider a bill supplementary to an act for the relief of certain widowed officers and soldiers of the revolution.
On Mar 1, 1831, the Senate voted 20–20. Result: failed. By party: Others 20–20.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 1, 1831
By party
- Others20 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Edward Livingston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Mckinley O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- George Poindexter O-MS
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- James Iredell O-NC
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
- William Marks O-PA
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
Did not vote
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- John Forsyth O-GA
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- John Rowan O-KY
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Isaac Dutton Barnard O-PA
- William Smith O-SC
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To postpone the orders of the day in order…: Senate Vote, Mar 1, 1831,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/21-S-254/to-postpone-the-orders-of-the-day-in-order (accessed 2026-10-17).