Senate roll call 266 · 21st Congress · Mar 2, 1831
To sustain the ruling of the chair that a motion to suspend a rule must lie on the table one day, unless the Senate unanimously agrees to suspend the rules.
On Mar 2, 1831, the Senate voted 16–18. Result: failed. By party: Others 16–18.
During the 21st Congress (1829–1830), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 2, 1831
By party
- Others16 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Samuel Augustus Foot O-CT
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- John Holmes O-ME
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- David Barton O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- James Iredell O-NC
- Mahlon Dickerson O-NJ
- Charles Edward Dudley O-NY
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Robert Young Hayne O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Littleton Waller Tazewell O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Edward Livingston O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- Levi Woodbury O-NH
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Nathan Sanford O-NY
- Benjamin Ruggles O-OH
- Jacob Burnet O-OH
- William Marks O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Dudley Chase O-VT
- Horatio Seymour O-VT
Did not vote
- John Mckinley O-AL
- Calvin Willey O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- Louis Mclane O-DE
- George Michael Troup O-GA
- John Forsyth O-GA
- David Jewett Baker O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- John Mclean O-IL
- James Noble O-IN
- John Rowan O-KY
- Samuel Smith O-MD
- George Poindexter O-MS
- Powhatan Ellis O-MS
- Robert Huntington Adams O-MS
- John Branch O-NC
- Isaac Dutton Barnard O-PA
- William Smith O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- John Henry Eaton O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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