House roll call 149 · 27th Congress · Aug 4, 1841
To agree to the h. Res. Limiting debate in committee of the whole to 12 o'clock noon on tuesday next aug. 1, 1841 on bill S. 5, incorporating the subscribers to
On Aug 4, 1841, the House voted 55–136 (S 5). Result: failed. By party: Others 53–64, Democrats 2–71, Independents 0–1. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 136
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Aug 4, 1841
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 71 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others53 yes · 64 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
- Lewis Riggs D-NY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- James A. Meriwether O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Lott Warren O-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- Roger Lawson Gamble O-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Thomas Flournoy Foster O-GA
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Moore O-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- Isaac Dashiell Jones O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard O-MI
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Lewis Riggs D-NY
- Victory Birdseye O-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- John Maynard O-NY
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen O-OH
- Joshua Mathiot O-OH
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- Henry Black O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- William Butler O-SC
- Thomas Dickens Arnold O-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Robert Looney Caruthers O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- William Slade O-VT
- John Mattocks O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Glover Shields D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Joseph Trumbull O-CT
- Thomas Wheeler Williams O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- Joseph Livingston White O-IN
- David Wallace O-IN
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Bryan Young Owsley O-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Alexander Randall O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- John Thomson Mason D-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Bronson O-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Alfred Marshall D-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- Elisha Hunt Allen O-ME
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Henry Washington O-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- Charles Albert Floyd D-NY
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY
- John Mckeon D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Archibald Ladley Linn O-NY
- Bernard Blair O-NY
- Henry Bell Van Rensselaer O-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- Samuel Partridge D-NY
- A. Lawrence Foster O-NY
- John Greig O-NY
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- John Young O-NY
- Alfred Babcock O-NY
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton O-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- William Doan D-OH
- William Russell O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- Sherlock James Andrews O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- Amos Gustine D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- John Snyder D-PA
- Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Henry White Beeson D-PA
- Joseph Lawrence O-PA
- William Wallace Irwin O-PA
- William Jack D-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- George Booth Cary D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter I-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Cuthbert Powell O-VA
- Richard Walker Barton O-VA
- William Alexander Harris D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Augustus Young O-VT
Did not vote
- William Whiting Boardman O-CT
- Thomas Burr Osborne O-CT
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- George Walker Crawford O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- James Harrison Cravens O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- James Cresap Sprigg O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Thomas Francis Marshall O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Nathan Appleton O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD
- James Wray Williams D-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Anderson Mitchell O-NC
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Joseph Egbert D-NY
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Aaron Ward D-NY
- John Van Buren D-NY
- Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson O-NY
- John Sanford D-NY
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- Staley Nichols Clarke O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- William Medill D-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Samuel Stokely O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- Robert Ramsey O-PA
- John Westbrook D-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- James McPherson Russell O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Thomas Walker Gilmer O-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart O-VA
- Horace Everett O-VT
Other votes
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