To agree to the first branch of a resolution relating to state rights, the first branch resolves that justice and sound policy forbid the federal government to

On Feb 26, 1844, the House voted 166–4. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 115–0, Others 51–4.

During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.

Yes: 166
No: 4
Did not vote: 64
Date: Feb 26, 1844

By party

Others51 yes · 4 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats115 yes · 0 no · 35 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

James Edwin Belser D-AL
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
William Winter Payne D-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Reuben Chapman D-AL
Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
Edward Cross D-AR
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
John Stewart D-CT
George Smith Catlin D-CT
Samuel Simons D-CT
Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
Duncan Lamont Clinch 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
Robert Smith D-IL
John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
John J. Hardin O-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
Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
Linn Boyd D-KY
Henry Grider O-KY
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
James W. Stone D-KY
John White O-KY
William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
Garrett Davis O-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
Daniel Putnam King O-MA
Amos Abbott O-MA
William Parmenter D-MA
Charles Hudson O-MA
Osmyn Baker O-MA
Julius Rockwell O-MA
John M. S. Causin O-MD
John Wethered O-MD
Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
Joshua Herrick D-ME
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-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
John Jameson D-MO
Jacob Thompson D-MS
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
William Henry Hammett D-MS
Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
David Settle Reid D-NC
Edmund Deberry O-NC
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-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
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
William Wright O-NJ
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
Hamilton Fish O-NY
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-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
Samuel Beardsley 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
Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
William Spring Hubbell D-NY
Asher Tyler O-NY
Albert Smith O-NY
Washington Hunt O-NY
Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
Joseph Vance O-OH
Emery Davis Potter D-OH
Henry St. John D-OH
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
Alexander Harper O-OH
Joseph Morris D-OH
James Mathews D-OH
Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
Edward Joy Morris O-PA
John T. Smith D-PA
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
Richard Brodhead D-PA
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
Alexander Ramsey O-PA
James Black D-PA
Andrew Stewart O-PA
John Dickey O-PA
Joseph Buffington O-PA
Henry Young Cranston O-RI
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
John Campbell D-SC
Armistead Burt D-SC
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Andrew Johnson D-TN
William Tandy Senter O-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
Milton Brown O-TN
Archibald Atkinson D-VA
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
Walter Coles D-VA
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
Willoughby Newton O-VA
William Lucas D-VA
William Taylor D-VA
George Washington Hopkins D-VA
George William Summers O-VA
Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Solomon Foot O-VT
Jacob Collamer O-VT
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

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