To reconsider the vote by which the house passed H.R. 576. (p. 166)

On Jan 11, 1847, the House voted 137–54 (HR 576). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 75–48, Others 62–6. 48 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 137
No: 54
Did not vote: 46
Date: Jan 11, 1847

By party

Democrats75 yes · 48 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others62 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL voted no
Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL voted no
William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL voted no
Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA voted no
Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
Emile La Sére D-LA voted no
John Henry Harmanson D-LA voted no
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted no
Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted no
John Smith Chipman D-MI voted no
William Mcdaniel D-MO voted no
Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
William W. Woodworth D-NY voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Stephen Strong D-NY voted no
William Jervis Hough D-NY voted no
Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH voted no
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
Moses Mcclean D-PA voted no
James Augustus Black D-SC voted no
Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted no
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted no
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
Henry Bedinger D-VA voted no
Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson 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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