Senate roll call 261 · 24th Congress · Jan 13, 1837
To adjourn, during discussion of the resolution expunging from the journal the Senate resolution of march 28, 1834, regarding executive proceedings.
On Jan 13, 1837, the Senate voted 20–21. Result: failed. By party: Others 20–21.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 13, 1837
By party
- Others20 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- John Black O-MS
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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