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Senate recorded vote (24th Congress) · April 27, 1836
S. 40

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 40 BY PROPOSING THAT ALL LANDS SHALL HEREAFTER BE SOLD AT $1.12 1/2 PER ACRE AND AT A REDUCTION OF 10% IN PRICE EVERY 5 YEARS UNTIL PRICE REACHES 50 CENTS PER ACRE

Amendment
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on S. 40

March 14, 1836 · TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 40, A BILL … · 20–26 March 15, 1836 · TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 40. · 24–23 March 15, 1836 · TO ADJOURN, FOR PURPOSE OF TERMINATING DEBATE… · 19–22 March 16, 1836 · TO ADJOURN IN ORDER TO TERMINATE DEBATE ON S.… · 20–26 April 22, 1836 · TO AMEND S. 40 BY PROPOSING TO OFFER LAND UNS… · 9–26 April 25, 1836 · TO AMEND S. 40 BY DISTRIBUTING LAND ACCORDING… · 6–37 April 27, 1836 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL NEXT MONDAY CONSIDERATION O… · 20–26 April 27, 1836 · TO TABLE S. 40. · 20–26 April 27, 1836 · TO AMEND AMENDMENT TO S. 40 BY ADDING TO THE … · 20–21 April 27, 1836 · TO AMEND S. 40 BY ELIMINATING THAT PART GIVIN… · 11–32 April 27, 1836 · TO AMEND S. 40 BY ELIMINATING PROVISION GOVIN… · 6–34 April 27, 1836 · TO CONCUR IN A CLAUSE OF THE AMENDMENT TO S. … · 18–27 April 27, 1836 · TO CONCUR IN A CLAUSE OF THE AMENDMENT TO S. … · 18–26 April 27, 1836 · TO CONCUR IN A CLAUSE OF THE AMENDMENT TO S. … · 18–26 April 27, 1836 · TO CONCUR IN THE CLAUSE OF THE AMENDMENT TO S… · 17–28 April 27, 1836 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. … · 25–21 April 28, 1836 · TO ADJOURN, DURING DEBATE ON S. 40. · 20–24 May 4, 1836 · TO PASS S. 40. · 25–20 May 24, 1836 · TO SUSPEND RULES AND INTRODUCE S. 40, "AN ACT… · 72–108 June 7, 1836 · TO REFER TO THE COMM. OF THE WHOLE S. 40, A B… · 97–97 June 16, 1836 · TO TABLE S. 40, A BILL TO APPROPRIATE, FOR A … · 96–110 June 22, 1836 · TO TABLE S.40, A BILL TO APPROPRIATE, FOR A L… · 104–85 December 21, 1836 · TO AMEND THE MOTION POSTPONING CONSIDERATION … · 22–22
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 1 was split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: no member on this roll call
  10. Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: no member on this roll call
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: no member on this roll call
  17. Nevada: no member on this roll call
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: no member on this roll call
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: no member on this roll call
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: no member on this roll call
  30. Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: no member on this roll call
  39. Arkansas: no member on this roll call
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: no member on this roll call
  51. Florida: no member on this roll call

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no

Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 48 members

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