Senate roll call 311 · 24th Congress · Feb 3, 1837
To reconsider the vote rejecting the motion to reconsider the vote on the amendment to S. 20 permitting fathers and widowed mothers to enter claims to land in t
On Feb 3, 1837, the Senate voted 21–22 (S 20). Result: failed. By party: Others 21–22.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 3, 1837
By party
- Others21 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- John Page O-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- William Hendricks O-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- 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
Did not vote
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- 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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