House roll call 367 · 25th Congress · Dec 21, 1838
To amend the journal to show that MR. Cushing presented the petition of joseph young and others of salisbury, mass., which was tabled last december, and that MR
On Dec 21, 1838, the House voted 14–174. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–96, Others 12–77, Independents 0–1. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 174
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Dec 21, 1838
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 96 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 77 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Fletcher D-MA voted yes
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Fletcher D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Edward Robinson O-ME
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- David Potts Jr. O-PA
- Edward Davies O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
How each representative voted: No
- Joshua Lanier Martin D-AL
- George Whitfield Crabb O-AL
- Francis Strother Lyon O-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Samuel Ingham D-CT
- Elisha Haley D-CT
- Thomas Tucker Whittlesey D-CT
- Lancelot Phelps D-CT
- Charles Eaton Haynes D-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns 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
- Adam Wilson Snyder D-IL
- Zadok Casey D-IL
- William L. May D-IL
- Ratliff Boon D-IN
- John Ewing O-IN
- George Hedford Dunn O-IN
- James Rariden O-IN
- William Herod 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 Hickman Menefee O-KY
- John Chambers O-KY
- William Wright Southgate O-KY
- William Parmenter D-MA
- George Grennell Jr. O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD
- Benjamin Chew Howard D-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME
- Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME
- Joseph Cobham Noyes O-ME
- Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI
- Albert Galliton Harrison D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- Seargent Smith Prentiss O-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Word O-MS
- Samuel Tredwell Sawyer O-NC
- 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
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- 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
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY
- Abraham Vanderveer D-NY
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng D-NY
- Obadiah Titus D-NY
- Nathaniel Jones D-NY
- John Curtis Brodhead D-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Henry Vail D-NY
- Albert Gallup D-NY
- John Isaac De Graff D-NY
- David Abel Russell O-NY
- James Bradley Spencer D-NY
- John Edwards D-NY
- Arphaxed Loomis D-NY
- Abraham Phineas Grant D-NY
- Isaac Hopkins Bronson D-NY
- John Holmes Prentiss 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
- 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
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Lyon Hamer D-OH
- William Key Bond O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- John Chaney D-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D-OH
- William H. Hunter D-OH
- John William Allen O-OH
- Matthias Shepler D-OH
- Henry Swearingen D-OH
- Lemuel Paynter D-PA
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Charles Naylor O-PA
- Edward Darlington O-PA
- Jacob Fry Jr. D-PA
- Mathias Morris O-PA
- David Douglas Wagener D-PA
- Edward Burd Hubley D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- David Petrikin D-PA
- Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA
- Samuel Wells Morris D-PA
- John Klingensmith Jr. D-PA
- Andrew Buchanan D-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Richard Biddle O-PA
- William Beatty D-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Hugh Swinton Legaré D-SC
- John Campbell O-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens O-SC
- William Kennedy Clowney O-SC
- John King Griffin O-SC
- William Blount Carter O-TN
- 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
- 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
- James Wood Bouldin D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Archibald Stuart D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- James Garland D-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
- Robert Craig D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins 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
Did not vote
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Joab Lawler O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Orrin Holt D-CT
- John Jones Milligan O-DE
- George Welshman Owens D-GA
- Hopkins Holsey D-GA
- William Graham O-IN
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Richard Hawes O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley D-LA
- Rice Garland O-LA
- Stephen Clarendon Phillips O-MA
- John Dennis O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Isaac Mckim D-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- Francis Thomas D-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith D-ME
- Jonathan Cilley D-ME
- Timothy Jarvis Carter D-ME
- Thomas Davee D-ME
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne D-MS
- Samuel Jameson Gholson D-MS
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Edward Curtis O-NY
- Ely Moore D-NY
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman O-NY
- Gouverneur Kemble D-NY
- John Palmer D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Amasa Junius Parker D-NY
- Andrew DeWitt Bruyn D-NY
- Mark Hopkins Sibley O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- William Patterson O-NY
- Taylor Webster D-OH
- James Alexander Jr. O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Elisha Whittlesey O-OH
- Andrew Williams Loomis O-OH
- Charles Dustin Coffin O-OH
- Daniel Kilgore D-OH
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Francis Jacob Harper D-PA
- Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg D-PA
- Luther Reily D-PA
- Henry Logan D-PA
- Daniel Sheffer D-PA
- Charles Mcclure D-PA
- William Wilson Potter D-PA
- Charles Ogle O-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett O-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore O-SC
- Waddy Thompson Jr. O-SC
- John Peter Richardson D-SC
- James Knox Polk D-TN
- Richard Cheatham O-TN
- John Robertson O-VA
- John Mercer Patton D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Andrew Beirne D-VA
- Heman (of Milton) Allen O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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