House roll call 469 · 25th Congress · Mar 2, 1839
To adopt the resolution to thank the speaker of the house, MR. Polk, for the manner in which he has performed his duties.
On Mar 2, 1839, the House voted 94–57. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 86–1, Others 8–55, Independents 0–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 94
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Mar 2, 1839
By party
- Democrats86 yes · 1 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 55 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Chamberlain Clark D-NY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Joshua Lanier Martin D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-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
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Zadok Casey D-IL
- John L. Murray D-KY
- William Parmenter D-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD
- Benjamin Chew Howard D-MD
- Francis Thomas D-MD
- Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME
- Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME
- Thomas Davee D-ME
- Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI
- Albert Galliton Harrison D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- Jesse Atherton Bynum D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC
- William Montgomery D-NC
- Henry William Connor D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- James Farrington D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Samuel Cushman D-NH
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson 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
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Henry Vail D-NY
- Albert Gallup D-NY
- James Bradley Spencer D-NY
- Arphaxed Loomis D-NY
- Abraham Phineas Grant D-NY
- Isaac Hopkins Bronson D-NY
- John Holmes Prentiss D-NY
- Amasa Junius Parker 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
- Taylor Webster D-OH
- Thomas Lyon Hamer D-OH
- John Chaney D-OH
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D-OH
- William H. Hunter D-OH
- Henry Swearingen D-OH
- Lemuel Paynter D-PA
- Jacob Fry Jr. D-PA
- David Douglas Wagener D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- Luther Reily D-PA
- Henry Logan D-PA
- Daniel Sheffer D-PA
- Charles Mcclure 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
- William Beatty D-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- John Campbell O-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore O-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens O-SC
- John King Griffin O-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Francis Everod Rives D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- James Wood Bouldin D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- James Garland D-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Andrew Beirne D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Stephen Morgan D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- George Whitfield Crabb O-AL
- 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 Calhoon O-KY
- John Pope I-KY
- William Jordan Graves O-KY
- Richard Hickman Menefee O-KY
- John Chambers O-KY
- Rice Garland O-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- George Grennell Jr. O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Seargent Smith Prentiss O-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Word O-MS
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Edward Curtis O-NY
- David Abel Russell O-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark D-NY
- Mark Hopkins Sibley O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- Luther Christopher Peck O-NY
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Key Bond O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- John William Allen O-OH
- Charles Naylor O-PA
- Edward Darlington O-PA
- Charles Ogle O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- William Blount Carter O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Richard Cheatham O-TN
- John Wesley Crockett O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- John Robertson O-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
Did not vote
- Joab Lawler O-AL
- Lancelot Phelps D-CT
- Orrin Holt D-CT
- John Jones Milligan O-DE
- Charles Eaton Haynes D-GA
- George Welshman Owens D-GA
- Hopkins Holsey D-GA
- Jabez Young Jackson D-GA
- Jesse Franklin Cleveland D-GA
- Seaton Grantland D-GA
- Thomas Glascock D-GA
- Adam Wilson Snyder D-IL
- William L. May D-IL
- Ratliff Boon D-IN
- Edward Rumsey O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Sherrod Williams O-KY
- James Harlan O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Richard Hawes O-KY
- William Wright Southgate O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley D-LA
- Richard Fletcher D-MA
- Stephen Clarendon Phillips O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA
- John Dennis O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Isaac Mckim D-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-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
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne D-MS
- Samuel Jameson Gholson D-MS
- Samuel Tredwell Sawyer O-NC
- Charles Biddle Shepard O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Joseph Weeks D-NH
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- Abraham Vanderveer D-NY
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman O-NY
- John Isaac De Graff D-NY
- John Palmer D-NY
- John Edwards D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Andrew DeWitt Bruyn D-NY
- Cyrus Beers D-NY
- William Patterson O-NY
- Richard Pratt Marvin O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Charles F. Mitchell O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- James Alexander Jr. O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Elisha Whittlesey O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Williams Loomis O-OH
- Charles Dustin Coffin O-OH
- Matthias Shepler D-OH
- Daniel Kilgore D-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Francis Jacob Harper D-PA
- David Potts Jr. O-PA
- Edward Davies O-PA
- Mathias Morris O-PA
- Edward Burd Hubley D-PA
- Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg D-PA
- William Wilson Potter D-PA
- Richard Biddle O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Hugh Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett O-SC
- Waddy Thompson Jr. O-SC
- William Kennedy Clowney O-SC
- John Peter Richardson D-SC
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- William Stone O-TN
- Abram Poindexter Maury O-TN
- James Knox Polk D-TN
- Ebenezer J. Shields O-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Archibald Stuart D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Mercer Patton D-VA
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Robert Craig D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- William Slade O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- Heman (of Milton) Allen O-VT
- Isaac Fletcher D-VT
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