House roll call 109 · 28th Congress · Feb 19, 1844
To table a memorial from the democratic members of the general assembly of the state of rhode island, setting forth the circumstances of the adoption of the peo
On Feb 19, 1844, the House voted 34–144. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–107, Others 27–37. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 144
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Feb 19, 1844
By party
- Others27 yes · 37 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 107 no · 36 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edwin Belser D-AL voted yes
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC voted yes
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted yes
- Orville Robinson D-NY voted yes
- James Black D-PA voted yes
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted yes
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- 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 Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon 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
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- 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
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- John Jameson D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Walter Coles 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
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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