House roll call 219 · 28th Congress · Mar 29, 1844
To suspend the rules in order to take up a resolution fixing a day for adjournment of Congress. (p. 460-2)
On Mar 29, 1844, the House voted 80–64. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–63, Others 50–1. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Mar 29, 1844
By party
- Others50 yes · 1 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 63 no · 57 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Stewart D-CT voted yes
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted yes
- William John Brown D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- James Madison Hughes D-MO voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- John Randall Reding D-NH voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY voted yes
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted yes
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY voted yes
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted yes
- Preston King D-NY voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- Amasa Dana D-NY voted yes
- Byram Green D-NY voted yes
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted yes
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted yes
- John Ritter D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
- Alvan Cullom D-TN voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- John Stewart D-CT
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- John White O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche 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 Quincy Adams O-MA
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Horace Wheaton 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
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-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
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- James W. Stone D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joshua Herrick 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
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Did not vote
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- John Campbell D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-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
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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