House roll call 165 · 29th Congress · Apr 10, 1846
To amend S. 29 (may 20, 1846), a bill to provide for raising one regiment of mounted riflemen and to establish military posts on the route to orfgon, by providi
On Apr 10, 1846, the House voted 90–82 (S 29). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–80, Others 54–2. 36 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 90
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Apr 10, 1846
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 80 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others54 yes · 2 no · 32 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted yes
- Seaborn Jones D-GA voted yes
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted yes
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted yes
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted yes
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted yes
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted yes
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted yes
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted yes
- Preston King D-NY voted yes
- Charles Goodyear D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Strong D-NY voted yes
- Horace Wheaton D-NY voted yes
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted yes
- Martin Grover D-NY voted yes
- Henry St. John D-OH voted yes
- George Fries D-OH voted yes
- Jacob Erdman D-PA voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Moses Mcclean D-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted yes
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Henry Bedinger D-VA voted yes
- James Mcdowell D-VA voted yes
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted yes
- William Gay Brown D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Hardin Mchenry 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
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Runk O-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- William W. Campbell 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
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll 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
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- 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
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- George Sykes D-NJ
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- John Ritter D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
Other votes
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