Senate roll call 130 · 24th Congress · May 17, 1836
To amend the resolution, requesting the President to open negotiations with the cherokee indians for the cession of certain lands. By proposing that the treaty
On May 17, 1836, the Senate voted 13–30. Result: failed. By party: Others 13–30.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 17, 1836
By party
- Others13 yes · 30 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Tipton O-IN
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Robert Strange O-NC
- John Page O-NH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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