House roll call 540 · 29th Congress · Jan 28, 1847
To adjourn.
On Jan 28, 1847, the House voted 64–71. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–70, Others 46–1. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Jan 28, 1847
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 70 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Others46 yes · 1 no · 41 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL voted yes
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL voted yes
- William Fell Giles D-MD voted yes
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI voted yes
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO voted yes
- Orville Hungerford D-NY voted yes
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
- William Sawyer D-OH voted yes
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted yes
- Owen D. Leib D-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted yes
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC voted yes
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC voted yes
- Alvan Cullom D-TN voted yes
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA voted yes
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- James Mcdowell D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Hardin Mchenry O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- Joshua Fry Bell O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Andrew Alkire Trumbo O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Benjamin Thompson O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- William Fell Giles D-MD
- Edward Henry Carroll Long O-MD
- Luther Severance O-ME
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- Leonard Henly Sims D-MO
- James Graham O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Alfred Dockery O-NC
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- William Wright O-NJ
- Henry John Seaman O-NY
- Thomas C. Ripley O-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Abner Lewis O-NY
- William Sawyer D-OH
- Columbus Delano O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- Owen D. Leib D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- John Hoge Ewing O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold O-RI
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- William Marshall Tredway D-VA
- Shelton Farrar Leake D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James La Fayette Cottrell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Seaborn Jones D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Serranus Clinton Hastings D-IA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Thomas Johns Perry D-MD
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- John Fairfield Scamman D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- John Smith Chipman D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Mcdaniel D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Cochrane Dobbin D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Mace Moulton D-NH
- George Sykes D-NJ
- John Francis Collin D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Stephen Strong D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- John De Mott D-NY
- Martin Grover D-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- Augustus Leonard Perrill D-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- Jacob Erdman D-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- William Swan Garvin D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- Andrew Johnson 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
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- James Alexander Seddon D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- Edmund Strother Dargan D-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Thomas Willoughby Newton O-AR
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- William Henry Brockenbrough D-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Washington Poe O-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Edward Dickinson Baker O-IL
- John Henry O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Edward Wilson Mcgaughey O-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Bryan Rust Young O-KY
- John Preston Martin D-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Albert Constable D-MD
- John Dennis Mccrate D-ME
- Cullen Sawtelle D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- Sterling Price D-MO
- Henry Thomas Ellett D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Henry Selby Clark D-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Runk O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- John Watson Lawrence D-NY
- William Starr Miller O-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Thomas M. Woodruff O-NY
- William W. Campbell O-NY
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- William W. Woodworth D-NY
- Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Richard Platt Herrick O-NY
- Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY
- Erastus Dean Culver O-NY
- Joseph Russell D-NY
- Charles Goodyear D-NY
- William Jervis Hough D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- Francis Alanson Cunningham D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- John Hull Campbell O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- Moses Mcclean D-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Edwin Hickman Ewing O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.