House roll call 932 · 27th Congress · Feb 25, 1843
To adopt H.J. RES. 37, authorizing the secretary of the treasury to pay such sums of money as had been awarded by the commissioners to claimants under the 17th
On Feb 25, 1843, the House voted 79–81 (HJR 37). Result: failed. By party: Others 52–47, Democrats 27–34. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 79
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Feb 25, 1843
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 34 no · 44 didn’t vote
- Others52 yes · 47 no · 51 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
- Edward Cross D-AR voted yes
- John Reynolds D-IL voted yes
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- John Miller D-MO voted yes
- Aaron Ward D-NY voted yes
- John Sanford D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Riggs D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Partridge D-NY voted yes
- John B. Weller D-OH voted yes
- Ezra Dean D-OH voted yes
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Fornance D-PA voted yes
- John Westbrook D-PA voted yes
- George May Keim D-PA voted yes
- James Gerry D-PA voted yes
- Amos Gustine D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA voted yes
- Arnold Plumer D-PA voted yes
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC voted yes
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN voted yes
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Joseph Trumbull O-CT
- William Whiting Boardman O-CT
- Thomas Wheeler Williams O-CT
- George Walker Crawford O-GA
- James A. Meriwether O-GA
- Roger Lawson Gamble O-GA
- Thomas Flournoy Foster O-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Elisha Hunt Allen O-ME
- John Miller D-MO
- William Henry Washington O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- Aaron Ward D-NY
- Bernard Blair O-NY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson O-NY
- John Sanford D-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- Lewis Riggs D-NY
- Samuel Partridge D-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- John Young O-NY
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton O-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- John Westbrook D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Amos Gustine D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- William Wallace Irwin O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- Thomas Dickens Arnold O-TN
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell O-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
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer O-VA
- Cuthbert Powell O-VA
- Richard Walker Barton O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- William Slade O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Burr Osborne O-CT
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- David Wallace O-IN
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- Bryan Young Owsley O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- David Bronson O-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Alfred Marshall D-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard O-MI
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Abraham Rencher 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
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Charles Albert Floyd D-NY
- Joseph Egbert 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
- Archibald Ladley Linn O-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Victory Birdseye O-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- John Maynard O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- Staley Nichols Clarke O-NY
- Alfred Babcock O-NY
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- William Doan D-OH
- William Russell O-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen O-OH
- Sherlock James Andrews O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Samuel Stokely O-OH
- John Edwards O-PA
- Robert Ramsey O-PA
- John Snyder D-PA
- James McPherson Russell O-PA
- Henry White Beeson D-PA
- John Campbell D-SC
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- John Mattocks O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Glover Shields D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Lott Warren O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- Joseph Livingston White O-IN
- James Harrison Cravens O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Pope 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
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Isaac Dashiell Jones O-MD
- James Wray Williams D-MD
- Alexander Randall O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- John Thomson Mason D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC
- Anderson Mitchell O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Van Buren D-NY
- Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Henry Bell Van Rensselaer O-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- A. Lawrence Foster O-NY
- John Greig O-NY
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Joshua Mathiot O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA
- Henry Black O-PA
- Joseph Lawrence O-PA
- William Jack D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- George Booth Cary D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter I-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- William Alexander Harris D-VA
- Augustus Young O-VT
Other votes
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