To reconsider the vote by which the house agreed to amend S. 29 so as to provide that officers of the mounted riflemen shall be selected from the regular line o

On Apr 11, 1846, the House voted 80–88 (S 29). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 78–33, Others 2–55. 33 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 80
No: 88
Did not vote: 69
Date: Apr 11, 1846

By party

Democrats78 yes · 33 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 55 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted no
Seaborn Jones D-GA voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted no
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted no
James Hutchins Johnson D-NH voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted no
Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Charles Goodyear D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
Horace Wheaton D-NY voted no
George Oscar Rathbun D-NY voted no
Martin Grover D-NY voted no
Henry St. John D-OH voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson D-VA voted no
William Gay Brown D-VA 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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