House roll call 371 · 29th Congress · Jul 14, 1846
To agree to the cobb amendment to H.R. 9 as amended to provide that the sales price on all public land which has not been sold after 30 years on the market shal
On Jul 14, 1846, the House voted 95–88 (HR 9). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 94–22, Others 1–66. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 95
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Jul 14, 1846
By party
- Democrats94 yes · 22 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 66 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Sykes D-NJ voted no
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
- Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
- Preston King D-NY voted no
- Timothy Jenkins 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
- Martin Grover D-NY voted no
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
- Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Owen D. Leib D-PA voted no
- David Wilmot D-PA voted no
- Moses Mcclean D-PA voted no
- James Black D-PA voted no
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA voted no
- William Swan Garvin D-PA voted no
- James Thompson D-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN 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
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- Hugh Anderson Haralson 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
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- 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
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell 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
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- 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
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Barclay Martin D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon 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
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard 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
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- 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
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- David Wilmot D-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
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Did not vote
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-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
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Sterling Price D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Runk O-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
Other votes
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