Senate roll call 49 · 23rd Congress · May 7, 1834
To adopt the first resolution of MR. Poindexter, as modified by MR. Clay, that the protest of the President of the United States asserts powers as belonging to
On May 7, 1834, the Senate voted 27–16. Result: passed. By party: Others 27–16.
During the 23rd Congress (1833–1834), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- May 7, 1834
By party
- Others27 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Nathan Smith O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- George Mortimer Bibb O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- George Augustus Waggaman O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Nathaniel Silsbee O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Peleg Sprague O-ME
- George Poindexter O-MS
- John Black O-MS
- Samuel Bell O-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Theodore Frelinghuysen O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight 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
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Forsyth O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- William Wilkins O-PA
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
Did not vote
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- Elias Kent Kane O-IL
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston O-LA
- Ezekiel Forman Chambers O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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