Senate roll call 299 · 24th Congress · Feb 1, 1837
To amend S. 20, by requiring occupancy and cultivation for three months prior to the date when such land is proclaimed for sale in order to be entitled to the r
On Feb 1, 1837, the Senate voted 29–17 (S 20). Result: passed. By party: Others 29–17.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 1, 1837
By party
- Others29 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Did not vote
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Tipton O-IN
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- 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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