House roll call 366 · 25th Congress · Dec 20, 1838
To sustain the ruling of the chair that the petition from some citizens of hudson, new hampshire, asking restrictions on slavery, is included in the order of TH
On Dec 20, 1838, the House voted 180–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 97–0, Others 82–8, Independents 1–0.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 180
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Dec 20, 1838
By party
- Democrats97 yes · 0 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others82 yes · 8 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joshua Lanier Martin D-AL
- George Whitfield Crabb O-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Elisha Haley D-CT
- Thomas Tucker Whittlesey D-CT
- Lancelot Phelps D-CT
- Orrin Holt D-CT
- John Jones Milligan O-DE
- Charles Eaton Haynes D-GA
- Jabez Young Jackson D-GA
- Jesse Franklin Cleveland D-GA
- Seaton Grantland D-GA
- Thomas Glascock D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Zadok Casey D-IL
- William L. May D-IL
- Ratliff Boon D-IN
- John Ewing O-IN
- William Graham O-IN
- George Hedford Dunn O-IN
- James Rariden O-IN
- William Herod O-IN
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John L. Murray D-KY
- Edward Rumsey O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Sherrod Williams O-KY
- James Harlan O-KY
- John Calhoon O-KY
- John Pope I-KY
- William Jordan Graves O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Richard Hawes O-KY
- Richard Hickman Menefee O-KY
- John Chambers O-KY
- William Wright Southgate O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Richard Fletcher D-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- George Grennell Jr. O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- John Dennis O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD
- Benjamin Chew Howard D-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- Francis Thomas D-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-MD
- Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME
- Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME
- Thomas Davee D-ME
- Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI
- John Miller D-MO
- Seargent Smith Prentiss O-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Word O-MS
- Jesse Atherton Bynum D-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Charles Biddle Shepard O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC
- William Montgomery D-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- Henry William Connor D-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- James Farrington D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Joseph Weeks D-NH
- Samuel Cushman D-NH
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY
- Abraham Vanderveer D-NY
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng D-NY
- Ely Moore D-NY
- Gouverneur Kemble D-NY
- Obadiah Titus D-NY
- Nathaniel Jones D-NY
- John Curtis Brodhead D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Henry Vail D-NY
- Albert Gallup D-NY
- John Isaac De Graff D-NY
- John Palmer D-NY
- James Bradley Spencer D-NY
- John Edwards D-NY
- Arphaxed Loomis D-NY
- Abraham Phineas Grant D-NY
- Isaac Hopkins Bronson D-NY
- Amasa Junius Parker D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark D-NY
- Cyrus Beers D-NY
- Hiram Gray D-NY
- Bennet Bicknell D-NY
- William Taylor D-NY
- William Henry Noble D-NY
- Samuel Birdsall D-NY
- Mark Hopkins Sibley O-NY
- John Tuttle Andrews D-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Luther Christopher Peck O-NY
- Richard Pratt Marvin O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Charles F. Mitchell O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Taylor Webster D-OH
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- John Chaney D-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D-OH
- William H. Hunter D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Charles Dustin Coffin O-OH
- Matthias Shepler D-OH
- Henry Swearingen D-OH
- Lemuel Paynter D-PA
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Jacob Fry Jr. D-PA
- Edward Burd Hubley D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- Luther Reily D-PA
- Daniel Sheffer D-PA
- David Petrikin D-PA
- Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA
- Charles Ogle O-PA
- John Klingensmith Jr. D-PA
- Andrew Buchanan D-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- William Beatty D-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Hugh Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett O-SC
- John Campbell O-SC
- William Kennedy Clowney O-SC
- John King Griffin O-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- William Stone O-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Abram Poindexter Maury O-TN
- Ebenezer J. Shields O-TN
- Richard Cheatham O-TN
- John Wesley Crockett O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- Francis Everod Rives D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Archibald Stuart D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Robertson O-VA
- James Garland D-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
- Robert Craig D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Andrew Beirne D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Stephen Morgan D-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- William Slade O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- Isaac Fletcher D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- George Evans O-ME
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- David Potts Jr. O-PA
- Edward Darlington O-PA
- Edward Davies O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
Did not vote
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Joab Lawler O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Francis Strother Lyon O-AL
- Samuel Ingham D-CT
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- George Welshman Owens D-GA
- Hopkins Holsey D-GA
- Adam Wilson Snyder D-IL
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley D-LA
- Rice Garland O-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Stephen Clarendon Phillips O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- Isaac Mckim D-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith D-ME
- Edward Robinson O-ME
- Jonathan Cilley D-ME
- Timothy Jarvis Carter D-ME
- Joseph Cobham Noyes O-ME
- Albert Galliton Harrison D-MO
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne D-MS
- Samuel Jameson Gholson D-MS
- Samuel Tredwell Sawyer O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- Edward Curtis O-NY
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman O-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- David Abel Russell O-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- John Holmes Prentiss D-NY
- Andrew DeWitt Bruyn D-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- William Patterson O-NY
- Thomas Lyon Hamer D-OH
- William Key Bond O-OH
- James Alexander Jr. O-OH
- John William Allen O-OH
- Elisha Whittlesey O-OH
- Andrew Williams Loomis O-OH
- Daniel Kilgore D-OH
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Charles Naylor O-PA
- Francis Jacob Harper D-PA
- Mathias Morris O-PA
- David Douglas Wagener D-PA
- Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg D-PA
- Henry Logan D-PA
- Charles Mcclure D-PA
- William Wilson Potter D-PA
- Samuel Wells Morris D-PA
- Richard Biddle O-PA
- Franklin Harper Elmore O-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens O-SC
- Waddy Thompson Jr. O-SC
- John Peter Richardson D-SC
- William Blount Carter O-TN
- James Knox Polk D-TN
- James Wood Bouldin D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- John Mercer Patton D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Heman (of Milton) Allen O-VT
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