Senate roll call 242 · 24th Congress · Jul 2, 1836
To proceed to consideration of H.R. 426 (5 stat 127, app 7/4/1836), a bill granting half pay to the widows and orphans of those who die in the service of the u.
On Jul 2, 1836, the Senate voted 18–15 (HR 42). Result: passed. By party: Others 18–15.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 2, 1836
By party
- Others18 yes · 15 no · 28 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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