To agree to a substitute for H.R. 5, said substitute reported by committee of the whole. (p. 749-2)

On Apr 29, 1846, the House voted 79–76 (HR 5). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–68, Others 49–8. 30 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 79
No: 76
Did not vote: 82
Date: Apr 29, 1846

By party

Democrats30 yes · 68 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others49 yes · 8 no · 31 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Winter Payne D-AL voted yes
William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL voted yes
Howell Cobb D-GA voted yes
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
Thomas Smith D-IN voted yes
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted yes
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted yes
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted yes
John Smith Chipman D-MI voted yes
James Hugh Relfe D-MO voted yes
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted yes
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
John Watson Lawrence D-NY voted yes
William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
John Francis Collin D-NY voted yes
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted yes
James John Faran D-OH voted yes
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted yes
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted yes
James Augustus Black D-SC voted yes
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted yes
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
Alvan Cullom D-TN voted yes
George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted yes
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted yes
William Gay Brown D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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