To reconsider the vote by which a substitute to 671, retaining the provision for increased duty on specified but omitting the section on sale of public lands, w

On Feb 27, 1847, the House voted 104–105 (HR 671). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 104–28, Others 0–77. 28 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 104
No: 105
Did not vote: 28
Date: Feb 27, 1847

By party

Democrats104 yes · 28 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 77 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Thomas Johns Perry D-MD voted no
John Fairfield Scamman D-ME voted no
Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
John Dennis Mccrate D-ME voted no
Cullen Sawtelle D-ME voted no
Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
Hezekiah Williams D-ME voted no
George Sykes D-NJ voted no
Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted no
Archibald Campbell Niven D-NY voted no
Bradford Ripley Wood D-NY voted no
Charles Swan Benton D-NY voted no
Preston King D-NY voted no
Orville Hungerford D-NY voted no
Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted no
Charles Goodyear 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
Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH voted no
Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA voted no
David Wilmot D-PA voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT 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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