House roll call 21 · 28th Congress · Dec 20, 1843
To pass a resolution that the comm. Of elections do inquire and report whether or not messrs. Burke, riding, norris, and hale, members of this house from new ha
On Dec 20, 1843, the House voted 148–32. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 90–30, Others 58–2. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 148
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Dec 20, 1843
By party
- Others58 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats90 yes · 30 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
- Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
- Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
- Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO voted no
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
- James Madison Hughes D-MO voted no
- John Jameson D-MO voted no
- John Randall Reding D-NH voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Orville Robinson D-NY voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
- James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted no
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
- William Taylor D-VA voted no
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas 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
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-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
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Jacob Thompson 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
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale 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
- William Wright O-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-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
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-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
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- 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
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
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