To adopt the resolution establishing the hour of the daily meeting of the house at 11 a.m. After monday next, and until otherwise ordered. (p. 274)

On Mar 2, 1842, the House voted 123–31. Result: passed. By party: Others 71–15, Democrats 52–15, Independents 0–1. 15 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 123
No: 31
Did not vote: 102
Date: Mar 2, 1842

By party

Democrats52 yes · 15 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others71 yes · 15 no · 64 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted no
James Graham Clinton D-NY voted no
John Van Buren D-NY voted no
Robert Mcclellan D-NY voted no
Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Joseph Fornance D-PA voted no
Peter Newhard D-PA voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC voted no
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN 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 adopt the resolution establishing the…: House Vote, Mar 2, 1842,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/27-H-412/to-adopt-the-resolution-establishing-the-hour-of-the (accessed 2026-10-17).