Senate roll call 335 · 24th Congress · Feb 9, 1837
To table the motion to receive the petition of the citizens of vermont to abolish slavery in the district of columbia.
On Feb 9, 1837, the Senate voted 26–11. Result: passed. By party: Others 26–11.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 9, 1837
By party
- Others26 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- 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
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- James Buchanan O-PA
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- John Tipton O-IN
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- John Page O-NH
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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