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President James Madison's Record on Roll Call Votes in the 14th Senate
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This page compiles President James Madison's record on U.S. Senate roll call votes. Presidents do not vote in the Senate, but they may show what side they're on. This data is part of a larger project to identify the policy preferences of all U.S. Presidents.
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s14v55TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (3 STAT. 264, 4-9-16), ENTITLED, ''AN ACT TO REGULATE THE POST OFFICE ESTABLISH- MENT,'' WHICH AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO ELIMINATE THE 3RD SECTION GRANTING FRANKING PRIVILEGES ON MAIL TO AND FROM MEMBERS OF BOTS1Yea vote
Signed April 9, 1816
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s14v165TO CONSENT TO RATIFICATION, OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH ARTICLES OF THE (8 STAT. 232, 5-27-18), OF FRIENDSHIP AND COMMERCE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SWEDEN AND NORWAY..18,18171Yea vote
Req 140045
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s14v148TO CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES MC KEON TO BE A CAPTAIN IN THE 8TH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY..15,18171Yea vote
Nominee
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s14v40TO CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MORRIS OF N.Y., TO BE A COMMISSIONER TO CARRY INTO EFFECT, THE FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ENGLAND CONCLUDED ON 12-24-14..6,18161Yea vote
Nominee
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s14v110TO CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PINKNEY (NOW ASSIGNED TO RUSSIA) TO BE ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO NAPLES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEGOTIATING INDEMMITIES TO OUR CITIZENS FOR SPOILATIONS COMMITTED BY THE NEAPOLITAN G.23,18161Yea vote
Nominee
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s14v136TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF A REVENUE RESOLUTION.SRE1Yea vote
Req 140009
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s14v153TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING, OF THE SENATE BILL ESTABLISHING A NEW EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.S1Yea vote
Req 140040
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s14v18TO ORDER THIRD READING OF THE BILL (3 STAT. 2558 3-1-16), REGULATING COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND GREAT BRITAIN ACCORDING TO A CONVENTION RATIFIED 12-22-15.S1Yea vote
Req 140026
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s14v67TO PASS BANK OF THE U.S. BILL. (P. 281)S1Yea vote
Req 140008
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s14v49TO PASS COMPENSATION BILL. (P. 203)S1Yea vote
Signed March 19, 1816
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s14v156TO PASS H.R. 18. (P. 92)HR1Yea vote
Signed Feb. 6, 1817
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s14v184TO PASS H.R. 29. (P. 191)HR1Yea vote
Req 140035
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s14v81TO PASS MILITARY SERVICE BILL.S1Yea vote
Signed April 16, 1816
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s14v188TO PASS NEUTRAL RELATIONS BILL.S1Yea vote
Signed March 3, 1817
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s14v23TO PASS THE BILL (3 STAT. 254, 2-9-16), CONTINUING IN FORCE AN ACT LAYING DUTY ON IMPORTED SALT, GRANTING A BOUNTY ON PICKLED FISH EXPORTED, AND ALLOWANCES TO CERTAIN VESSELS EMPLOYED IN THE FISHERIES. (P. 98)S1Yea vote
Signed Feb. 9, 1816
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s14v106TO PASS THE BILL (3 STAT. 297, 4-24-16), PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GENERAL STAFF AND MAKING FURTHER PROVISIONS FOR THE ARMY.S1Yea vote
Req 140004
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s14v169TO PASS THE BILL (3 STAT. 376, 3-3-17), PROVIDING FOR REPORTS OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT. (P. 132)S1Yea vote
Signed March 3, 1817
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s14v173TO PASS THE BILL (3 STAT. 383, 3-3-17), PROVIDING FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIMES AND OFFENSES COMMITTED WITHIN THE INDIAN BOUNDRIES. (P. 147)S1Yea vote
Signed March 3, 1817
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s14v157TO PASS THE BILL (3 STAT. 393, 3-3-17), FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF $50,000, TO ENABLE THE PRESIDENT TO NEGOTIATE TREATIES WITHE THE INDIAN TRIBES FOR THE PURPOSE THEREIN MENTIONED.S1Yea vote
Signed March 3, 1817
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s14v116TO PASS THE BILL (6 STAT. 164, 4-26-16), PROVIDING FOR THE CLAIM OF THE 20TH BRIGADE OF THE VIRGINIA MILITIA FOR THE SUM OF $20.20, EACH, THEIR SALARY, WHICH WAS STOLEN FROM THEIR CAPTAIN. (P. 346, 770)S1Yea vote
Signed April 26, 1816
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s14v122TO POSTPONE TO THE FIRST MONDAY OF JULY, CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL, TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A GRANT OF LAND TO MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.S1Yea vote
Req 140027
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s14v3TO RATIFY (8 STAT. 224), THE TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE U.S. AND HIS HIGHNESS OMAR BASHAW, THE BEY OF ALGIERS..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v68TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION (7 STAT. 139, 4-8-16), MADE AND CONCLUDED AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON ON 3-22-16, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHIEFS AND HEADMEN OF THE CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS..4,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v2TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION (8 STAT. 228, 12-22-15), TO REGULATE THE COMMERCE BETWEEN THE TERRITORIES OF THE U.S. AND ENGLAND..19,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v166TO RATIFY THE SIXTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY..18,18171Yea vote
Req 140045
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s14v4TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 1238 12-26-15), OF PEACE FRIENDSHIP, MADE AND CONCLUDED AT PORTAGE DES SIOUXS, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHIEFS AND WARRIORS OF THE POTAWATAMIE TRIBE OF INDIANS, RESIDING ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER, ON 7-18-15..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v10TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 124, 12-26-15), BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE PIANKESHAW TRIBE OF INDIANS, MADE ON 7-18-15..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v7TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 125, 12-26-15), OF PEACE AND PRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHIEFS AND WARRIORS OF THE TEETON TRIBE OF INDIANS, MADE AND CONCLUDED AT PORTAGE DES SIOUXS..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v8TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 126, 12--), OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHIEFS AND WARRIORS OF THE SIOUXS TRIBE OF INDIANS, MADE AND CONCLUDED AT PORTAGE DES SIOUXS ON 7-19-15..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v9TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 127, 2-26-15), OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHIEFS AND WARRIORS OF THE SIOUXS OF THE RIVER ST. PETERS, MADE AND CONCLUDED ON 7-19-15..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v12TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 128, 12-26-15), BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE YANCTON TRIBE OF INDIANS, MADE ON 7-19-15..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v17TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 129, 12-26-15), BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE MAHAS TRIBE OF INDIANS, OF JULY 20, 1815..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v5TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 130, 12-26-15), OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP WITH THE KICKAPOO TRIBE OF INDIANS, MADE AT PORTAGE DES SIOUXS, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SAID TRIBE ON 9-2-15..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v11TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 131, 12-26-15), BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE WYANDOT, DELAWARE, SENECA, SHAWANOE, MIAMI, CHIPPEWA, OTTAWA, AND POTAWATAMIE TRIBES OF INDIANS, MADE ON 9-8-15..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v15TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 133, 12-26-15), MADE ON SEPT. 12, 1815, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE GREAT AND LITTLE OSAGE TRIBES OF INDIANS..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v13TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 134, 12-26-15), MADE ON SEPT. 13, 1815, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THAT PORTION OF THE SAC NATION OF INDIANS NOW RESIDING ON THE MISSOURI RIVER..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v14TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 135, 12-26-15), MADE ON SEPT. 14, 1815, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE FOX TRIBE OF INDIANS..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v16TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 137, 12-26-15), MADE ON OCT. 28, 1815, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE KANZAS TRIBE OF INDIANS..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v69TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 138, 4-8-16), MADE ON 3-22-16, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS..4,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v141TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 141, 12-30-16), MADE ON MAY 13, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE TRIBE OF INDIANS CALLED THE SACS OF ROCK RIVER..23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v142TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 143, 12-30-16), MADE ON JUNE 1, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE TRIBES OF INDIANS CALLED THE SIOUX OF THE LEAF, THE SIOUXS OF THE BROAD LEAF AND THE SIOUXS WHO SHOOT IN THE PINE TOPS, AT ST. LOUIS..23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v140TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 144, 12-30-16), MADE ON JUNE 3, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE PORTION OF THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF INDIANS RESIDING ON THE OUISCONSIN RIVER, AT ST. LOUIS..23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v138TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 145, 12-30-16), MADE ON JUNE 4, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE WEA AND KICKAPOO TRIBES OF INDIANS, AT FORT HARRISON..23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v147TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 146, 12-30-16), MADE ON AUG. 24, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE UNITED TRIBES OF OTTAWAS, CHIPPEWAS AND POTTAWATOMEES, RESIDING ON THE ILLINOIS AND MILWAUKEE RIVERS AND THEIR WATERS AND ON THE SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF.23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v139TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 146, 12-30-16), MADE ON AUG. 24, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE UNITED TRIBES OF OTTAWAS, CHIPPEWAS, AND POTTAWATOMEES RESIDING ON THE ILLINOIS AND MILWAKEE RIVERS AND THEIR WATERS, AND ON THE SOUTH WESTERN PARTS O.23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v144TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 148, 12-30-16), MADE ON SEPT. 14, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHEROKEE NATION OF INDIANS, AT TURKEY TOWN..23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v143TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 150, 12-30-16), MADE ON SEPT. 20, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHICKASAW NATION OF INDIANS..23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v145TO RATIFY THE TREATY (7 STAT. 152, 12-30-16), OF CESSION MADE ON 10-24-16, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHOCTAW NATION OF INDIANS..23,18161Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v6TO RATIFY THE TREATY OF (7 STAT. 136, 12-26-15), OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE KING, CHIEFS AND WARRIORS OF THE TAWAY TRIBE OF INDIANS, MADE AND CONCLUDED AT PORTAGE DES SIOUXS ON 9-16-15..21,18151Yea vote
Treaty
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s14v168TO RATIFY THE TREATY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THIRD, FOURTH AND SIXTH ARTICLES..19,18171Yea vote
Req 140045
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s14v146TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON THE RATIFICATION OF TREATY (7 STAT. 150, 12-30-16), MADE ON SEPT. 20, 1816, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHICKASAW NATION OF INDIANS. (P. 65).23,18166Nay vote
req 140044
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Notes:
  • Highlighted words in vote descriptions are just are coding aids.
  • Pres Votes: 1 (Yea) 6 (Nay) 9 (Not voting, not shown)






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