House roll call 10 · 29th Congress · Dec 8, 1845
To amend a resolution providing that 5,600 copies of the 20,000 printed copies of the President's message be for the use of the house and that the "usual number
On Dec 8, 1845, the House voted 92–105. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 90–33, Others 2–72. 33 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 92
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Dec 8, 1845
By party
- Democrats90 yes · 33 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 72 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
- William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
- James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- Mace Moulton D-NH voted no
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
- Preston King D-NY voted no
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
- Charles Goodyear D-NY voted no
- William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted no
- Martin Grover D-NY voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
- Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
- John Ritter D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Moses Mcclean D-PA voted no
- James Black D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb 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
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Albert Constable D-MD
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James Dixon O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- Abner Lewis 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
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- John Henry O-IL
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William Wright O-NJ
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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