Senate roll call 37 · 24th Congress · Mar 11, 1836
To reject the memorial of the socity of friends requesting the abolition of slavery in the district of columbia.
On Mar 11, 1836, the Senate voted 34–6. Result: passed. By party: Others 34–6.
During the 24th Congress (1835–1836), Andrew Jackson was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 11, 1836
By party
- Others34 yes · 6 no · 21 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Gabriel Moore O-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King O-AL
- Gideon Tomlinson O-CT
- John Milton Niles O-CT
- Alfred Cuthbert O-GA
- John Pendleton King O-GA
- John McCracken Robinson O-IL
- William Lee Davidson Ewing O-IL
- John Tipton O-IN
- Henry Clay O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Alexander Porter O-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas O-LA
- Robert Henry Goldsborough O-MD
- Ether Shepley O-ME
- John Ruggles O-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn O-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton O-MO
- John Black O-MS
- Robert John Walker O-MS
- Bedford Brown O-NC
- Henry Hubbard O-NH
- Isaac Hill O-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall O-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. O-NY
- Thomas Ewing O-OH
- James Buchanan O-PA
- Samuel Mckean O-PA
- Asher Robbins O-RI
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Felix Grundy O-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- Benjamin Watkins Leigh O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Hendricks O-IN
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- Benjamin Swift O-VT
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier O-AR
- William Savin Fulton O-AR
- Arnold Naudain O-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Alexander Mouton O-LA
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Joseph Kent O-MD
- Judah Dana O-ME
- John Norvell O-MI
- Lucius Lyon O-MI
- Robert Strange O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Page O-NH
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- Thomas Morris O-OH
- John Caldwell Calhoun O-SC
- John Tyler O-VA
- Richard Elliott Parker O-VA
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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