[266] This bill was voted by the Senate, February 3, 1835, yeas 25, nays 20.
[267] This bill was voted by the Senate June 8, 1846, yeas 27, nays 23.
[268] This bill (being Mr. Clayton’s bill as voted by the Senate) was voted by the House August 4, 1846, yeas 94, nays 87. It thus passed both houses, but was vetoed by President Polk as a Senate bill; and on the veto the Senate voted yeas 27, nays 15,—no two thirds.
[269] This bill was voted by the Senate, January 24, 1851, without a division.
[270] This bill was voted by the Senate, Feb. 15, 1854, yeas 27, nays 15.
[271] This bill was voted by the House, January 27, 1855, yeas 111, nays 77, and by the Senate, February 6th, yeas 28, nays 17, but was vetoed by President Pierce as a House bill; and the House vote on the veto was yeas 113, nays 86,—not two thirds,—so the bill was lost.
[272] This bill was voted by the Senate, January 10, 1859, yeas 26, nays 20.
[273] Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1178, March 18, 1864. See, also, p. 1180.
[274] Notes on Virginia, Query XVIII.: Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 403.
[275] Elliot’s Debates (2d edit.), Vol. III. p. 442.