To table a resolution that debate in committee of the whole on H.J. RES. 5 shall terminate on feb. 9th, at 2 p.m., unless the committee should reach a conclusio

On Feb 4, 1846, the House voted 93–91. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–87, Others 67–4. 26 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 93
No: 91
Did not vote: 53
Date: Feb 4, 1846

By party

Democrats26 yes · 87 no · 36 didn’t vote
Others67 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Lowndes Yancey D-AL voted yes
William Winter Payne D-AL voted yes
Reuben Chapman D-AL voted yes
William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL voted yes
Seaborn Jones D-GA voted yes
Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
John Pettit D-IN voted yes
Isaac Edward Morse D-LA voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS voted yes
Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
Henry Selby Clark D-NC voted yes
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted yes
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted yes
Owen D. Leib D-PA voted yes
Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted yes
Armistead Burt D-SC voted yes
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted yes
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted yes
Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted yes
James Alexander Seddon D-VA voted yes
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter 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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