To adjourn, while voting for sergeant-at-arms.

On Jun 8, 1841, the House voted 49–139. Result: failed. By party: Others 5–116, Democrats 44–23. 23 members voted against their own party.

During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.

Yes: 49
No: 139
Did not vote: 68
Date: Jun 8, 1841

By party

Democrats44 yes · 23 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 116 no · 29 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
James Wray Williams D-MD voted no
Alfred Marshall D-ME voted no
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted no
Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC voted no
Charles Albert Floyd D-NY voted no
Joseph Egbert D-NY voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
James I. Roosevelt D-NY voted no
Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY voted no
George May Keim D-PA voted no
Amos Gustine D-PA voted no
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted no
Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA voted no
Henry White Beeson D-PA voted no
Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
William Alexander Harris D-VA voted no
Samuel Lewis Hays 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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