Senate roll call 38 · 23rd Congress · Apr 23, 1834
On sustaining the decision of the chair, that it was in order for an amendment to be offered to the motion by george poindexter that the President's communicati
On Apr 23, 1834, the Senate voted 17–26. Result: failed. By party: Others 17–26.
During the 23rd Congress (1833–1834), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Apr 23, 1834
By party
- Others17 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Forsyth O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- William Wilkins O-PA
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Nathan Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- William Hendricks O-IN
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- George Augustus Waggaman O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- George Poindexter O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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