To amend the title of H.R. 18 so that it read "an act making appropriations for works of internal improvement within the states." (p. 531-1)

On Mar 20, 1846, the House voted 74–117 (HR 18). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 69–54, Others 5–63. 54 members voted against their own party.

During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.

Yes: 74
No: 117
Did not vote: 46
Date: Mar 20, 1846

By party

Democrats69 yes · 54 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 63 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Archibald Yell D-AR voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Robert Smith D-IL voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
Charles William Cathcart D-IN voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted no
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted no
William Fell Giles D-MD voted no
Albert Constable D-MD voted no
Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted no
John Smith Chipman D-MI voted no
James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted no
James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted no
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted no
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted no
Sterling Price D-MO voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Joseph Russell D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Charles Goodyear D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY voted no
John De Mott D-NY voted no
James John Faran D-OH voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
William Sawyer D-OH voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
Joseph Morris D-OH voted no
George Fries D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
William Swan Garvin D-PA voted no
James Thompson D-PA voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the title of H.R. 18 so that it…: House Vote, Mar 20, 1846,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/29-H-133/to-amend-the-title-of-h-r-18-so (accessed 2026-10-17).