Senate roll call 258 · 21st Congress · Mar 2, 1831
To advise and consent to the nomination of john sheldon as receiver of public monies for the district lands subject to sale at monroe, in the territory of michi
On Mar 2, 1831, the Senate voted 18–19. Result: failed. By party: Others 18–19.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 2, 1831
By party
- Others18 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Mckinley O-AL
- John Forsyth O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Edward Livingston 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
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- John Holmes O-ME
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
- William Marks O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Smith O-SC
- John Tyler O-VA
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
Did not vote
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- John Rowan O-KY
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Isaac Dutton Barnard O-PA
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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