House roll call 48 · 28th Congress · Jan 5, 1844
To table any consideration of the report of the select committee upon the rules and orders of the house, and the motion to recommit with instructions to the com
On Jan 5, 1844, the House voted 78–106. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 70–50, Others 8–56. 50 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 78
- No
- 106
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Jan 5, 1844
By party
- Others8 yes · 56 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats70 yes · 50 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edwin Belser D-AL voted no
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
- John Stewart D-CT voted no
- George Smith Catlin D-CT voted no
- Samuel Simons D-CT voted no
- Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted no
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL voted no
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
- John Wesley Davis D-IN voted no
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN voted no
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN 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
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted no
- George Sykes D-NJ voted no
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted no
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY 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
- Amasa Dana D-NY voted no
- Byram Green D-NY voted no
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY voted no
- Alexander Duncan D-OH voted no
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
- Henry St. John D-OH voted no
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
- Ezra Dean D-OH voted no
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- William Wilkins D-PA voted no
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dellet O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William John Brown 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
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William Henry Hammett 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 Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson 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
- John Baptista Ashe O-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
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-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
- 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
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Alexander Duncan 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
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen 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
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown 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
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- William Wilkins 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
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-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
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- William Wright O-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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