To dispense with further proceedings under call of the house, during debate on H.R. 80, a bill to amend an act relative to the election of President and vice PR

On May 15, 1844, the House voted 122–49 (HR 80). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 72–36, Others 50–13. 36 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 122
No: 49
Did not vote: 63
Date: May 15, 1844

By party

Others50 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
Democrats72 yes · 36 no · 42 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
Edward Cross D-AR voted no
Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
Samuel Simons D-CT voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
George Alfred Caldwell D-KY voted no
James W. Stone D-KY voted no
John Slidell D-LA voted no
Joshua Herrick D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS voted no
David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
John Parker Hale D-NH voted no
John Randall Reding D-NH voted no
Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
Selah Brewster Strong D-NY voted no
Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted no
Moses Gage Leonard D-NY voted no
Lemuel Stetson D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted no
William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted no
Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Samuel Hays D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

James Dellet O-AL
James Edwin Belser D-AL
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
George Brydges Rodney O-DE
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
Thomas Smith D-IN
John Pettit D-IN
John Bennett Dawson D-LA
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
Osmyn Baker O-MA
Barker Burnell O-MA
Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
Luther Severance O-ME
Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
Benjamin White D-ME
James Butler Bowlin D-MO
James Hugh Relfe D-MO
James Madison Hughes D-MO
John Jameson D-MO
Jacob Thompson D-MS
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
William Henry Hammett D-MS
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
Zadock Pratt D-NY
Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
Samuel Beardsley D-NY
Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
Horace Wheaton D-NY
Washington Hunt O-NY
Henry St. John D-OH
Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
Heman Allen Moore D-OH
James Mathews D-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine 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
Henry Nes O-PA
John Dickey O-PA
Cornelius Darragh O-PA
William Wilkins D-PA
Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
John Campbell D-SC
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
Cave Johnson D-TN
Walter Coles D-VA
Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
John Winston Jones D-VA
Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
Samuel Chilton O-VA
Lewis Steenrod D-VA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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