Senate roll call 322 · 24th Congress · Feb 7, 1837
To table the recption of the petitions of the citizens of ohio to abolish slavery in the district of columbia.
On Feb 7, 1837, the Senate voted 27–11. Result: passed. By party: Others 27–11.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 7, 1837
By party
- Others27 yes · 11 no · 23 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- 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
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- James Buchanan O-PA
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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