House roll call 36 · 28th Congress · Jan 3, 1844
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the house refused to make the report of the committee to revise the rules the special order for jan. 9. (p.
On Jan 3, 1844, the House voted 80–86. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 73–34, Others 7–52. 34 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 86
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jan 3, 1844
By party
- Others7 yes · 52 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats73 yes · 34 no · 43 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
- John Stewart D-CT voted no
- Samuel Simons D-CT voted no
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN 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
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
- Lucius Lyon D-MI voted no
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted no
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted no
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY voted no
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY voted no
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY voted no
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY voted no
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- William Wilkins D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Howell Cobb 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- 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
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- John Ritter D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- 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
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis 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
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun 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
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell 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
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- George Sykes D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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