To suspend the rules to enable represenatives to submit petitions from those states not called on monday, march 16. (p. 281-2)

On Mar 23, 1840, the House voted 107–64. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 57–41, Others 50–23. 41 members voted against their own party.

During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.

Yes: 107
No: 64
Did not vote: 84
Date: Mar 23, 1840

By party

Democrats57 yes · 41 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others50 yes · 23 no · 55 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
David Hubbard D-AL voted no
John Reynolds D-IL voted no
Zadok Casey D-IL voted no
John Wesley Davis D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
William Orlando Butler D-KY voted no
Philip Francis Thomas D-MD voted no
John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD voted no
Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI voted no
John Jameson D-MO voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Jesse Atherton Bynum D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC voted no
William Montgomery D-NC voted no
Henry William Connor D-NC voted no
Aaron Vanderpoel D-NY voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
John Holmes Prentiss D-NY voted no
Amasa Dana D-NY voted no
Jonathan Taylor D-OH voted no
John Hastings D-OH voted no
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted no
Peter Newhard D-PA voted no
James Gerry D-PA voted no
John Galbraith D-PA voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
John Campbell D-SC voted no
Sampson Hale Butler D-SC voted no
James Rogers D-SC voted no
Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC voted no
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN voted no
John Winston Jones D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Green Berry Samuels D-VA voted no
Andrew Beirne D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules to enable…: House Vote, Mar 23, 1840,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-H-230/to-suspend-the-rules-to-enable-represenatives-to-submit (accessed 2026-10-17).