To amend H.R. 30 (app. 4/12/1844), appropriating for the military academy, by providing that no money shall be paid to cadets hereafter appointed. (p. 392-1)

On Mar 15, 1844, the House voted 73–106 (HR 30). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 68–48, Others 5–58. 48 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 73
No: 106
Did not vote: 55
Date: Mar 15, 1844

By party

Others5 yes · 58 no · 21 didn’t vote
Democrats68 yes · 48 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Cross D-AR voted no
Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
Richard French D-KY voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
John Slidell D-LA voted no
Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA voted no
William Parmenter D-MA voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
Joshua Herrick D-ME voted no
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS voted no
William Henry Hammett D-MS voted no
Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted no
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted no
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted no
Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
James Graham Clinton D-NY voted no
Jeremiah Russell D-NY voted no
Lemuel Stetson D-NY voted no
Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
Byram Green D-NY voted no
Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
William Taylor D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

James Edwin Belser D-AL
William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
George Brydges Rodney O-DE
Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
John Pettit D-IN
William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
John Bennett Dawson D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
Barker Burnell O-MA
Francis Brengle O-MD
Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
Benjamin White D-ME
Shepard Cary D-ME
James Butler Bowlin D-MO
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
Zadock Pratt D-NY
David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
Elias Florence O-OH
Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
James Mathews D-OH
Ezra Dean D-OH
Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
Almon Heath Read 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
Charles Manning Reed O-PA
James Augustus Black D-SC
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
John Baptista Ashe O-TN
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
George William Summers O-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 30 (app. 4/12/1844)…: House Vote, Mar 15, 1844,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/28-H-166/to-amend-h-r-30-app-4-12-1844 (accessed 2026-10-17).