Senate roll call 171 · 24th Congress · Jun 4, 1836
To amend S. 242 by eliminating as one of the definitions of capital, "property equivalent to specie".
On Jun 4, 1836, the Senate voted 11–27 (S 242). Result: failed. By party: Others 11–27.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 4, 1836
By party
- Others11 yes · 27 no · 23 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Tipton O-IN
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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