House roll call 372 · 28th Congress · Jun 8, 1844
To pass H.R. 7 ( 5 stat. 669, 6/17/1844), a bill to amend the act granting half pay to certain widows and the several acts and resolutions amendatory to the sam
On Jun 8, 1844, the House voted 118–23 (HR 7). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 68–23, Others 50–0. 23 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 118
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 93
- Date
- Jun 8, 1844
By party
- Others50 yes · 0 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats68 yes · 23 no · 59 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL voted no
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- William John Brown D-IN voted no
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker 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
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Alexander Duncan D-OH voted no
- John B. Weller D-OH voted no
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
- Armistead Burt D-SC voted no
- Alvan Cullom D-TN voted no
- Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
- Walter Coles D-VA voted no
- William Lucas D-VA voted no
- William Taylor D-VA voted no
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Howell Cobb 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
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John White O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- 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
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William John Brown D-IN
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
Did not vote
- James Dellet O-AL
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- 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
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright O-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- John Campbell D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Other votes
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