House roll call 104 · 28th Congress · Feb 15, 1844
To suspend the rules, in order to move that the committee of the whole house on the state of the union be discharged from the consideration of H. R. 12, a bill
On Feb 15, 1844, the House voted 102–73 (HR 12). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 101–10, Others 1–63. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 102
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Feb 15, 1844
By party
- Others1 yes · 63 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats101 yes · 10 no · 39 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edwin Belser D-AL voted no
- Edward Cross D-AR voted no
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted no
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH voted no
- John T. Smith D-PA voted no
- John Campbell D-SC voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- John Campbell D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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