House roll call 441 · 27th Congress · Mar 21, 1842
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the h. Res. Relating to the creole case and to slave trade. (p. 343)
On Mar 21, 1842, the House voted 63–111. Result: failed. By party: Others 54–43, Democrats 9–67, Independents 0–1. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 63
- No
- 111
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Mar 21, 1842
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 67 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others54 yes · 43 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY voted yes
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- John Mckeon D-NY voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY voted yes
- David P. Brewster D-NY voted yes
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted yes
- Peter Newhard D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Trumbull O-CT
- William Whiting Boardman O-CT
- Thomas Wheeler Williams O-CT
- Thomas Burr Osborne O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- Elisha Hunt Allen O-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard O-MI
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY
- John Mckeon D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Archibald Ladley Linn O-NY
- Bernard Blair O-NY
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- Victory Birdseye O-NY
- John Maynard O-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton O-OH
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Russell O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Sherlock James Andrews O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- William Wallace Irwin O-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell O-TN
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- Augustus Young 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
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Lott Warren O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- Thomas Flournoy Foster O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- Joseph Livingston White O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- Bryan Young Owsley O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- Alexander Randall O-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- David Bronson O-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Alfred Marshall D-ME
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Henry Washington O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- Charles Albert Floyd D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Lewis Riggs D-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen O-OH
- Joshua Mathiot O-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- John Westbrook D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- John Snyder D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- James McPherson Russell O-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Henry White Beeson D-PA
- William Jack D-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Thomas Dickens Arnold O-TN
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Robert Looney Caruthers O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter I-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Cuthbert Powell O-VA
- Richard Walker Barton O-VA
- William Alexander Harris D-VA
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- John Mattocks O-VT
Did not vote
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- George Walker Crawford O-GA
- James A. Meriwether O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Roger Lawson Gamble O-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- James Harrison Cravens O-IN
- David Wallace O-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- James Cresap Sprigg O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Thomas Francis Marshall O-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- Nathan Appleton O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Isaac Dashiell Jones O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD
- James Wray Williams D-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- John Thomson Mason D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- Anderson Mitchell O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Joseph Egbert D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Aaron Ward D-NY
- John Van Buren D-NY
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson O-NY
- Henry Bell Van Rensselaer O-NY
- John Sanford D-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY
- Samuel Partridge D-NY
- A. Lawrence Foster O-NY
- John Greig O-NY
- John Young O-NY
- Staley Nichols Clarke O-NY
- Alfred Babcock O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- William Doan D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Samuel Stokely O-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Robert Ramsey O-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Amos Gustine D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA
- Henry Black O-PA
- Joseph Lawrence O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- George Booth Cary D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- William Slade O-VT
Other votes
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