House roll call 206 · 30th Congress · Jul 11, 1848
To adopt the fourth of the resolutions of the comm. On commerce on river and harbor improvement, which resolution deems it inexpedient to authorize Congress to
On Jul 11, 1848, the House voted 110–58. Result: passed. By party: Others 88–0, Democrats 22–58. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 30th Congress (1847–1848), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 110
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Jul 11, 1848
By party
- Others88 yes · 0 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 58 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Thompson D-IA voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Richard French D-KY voted yes
- David Hammons D-ME voted yes
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME voted yes
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI voted yes
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO voted yes
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Nicoll D-NY voted yes
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted yes
- Sidney Lawrence D-NY voted yes
- William Collins D-NY voted yes
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY voted yes
- Ausburn Birdsall D-NY voted yes
- Rodolphus Dickinson D-OH voted yes
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Lahm D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Dixon O-CT
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard O-CT
- John Arnold Rockwell O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Wallace Houston O-DE
- Edward Carrington Cabell O-FL
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- John William Jones O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Thompson D-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Abraham Lincoln O-IL
- Elisha Embree O-IN
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Aylette Buckner O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Green Adams O-KY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead O-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- John Pollard Gaines O-KY
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- John Gorham Palfrey O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Horace Mann O-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Grant Chapman O-MD
- Alexander Evans O-MD
- John Woodland Crisfield O-MD
- David Hammons D-ME
- Ephraim Knight Smart D-ME
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- Patrick Watson Tompkins O-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Richard Spaight Donnell O-NC
- David Outlaw O-NC
- James Giles Hampton O-NJ
- William Augustus Newell O-NJ
- Joseph E. Edsall D-NJ
- John Van Dyke O-NJ
- Dudley Sanford Gregory O-NJ
- Henry Nicoll D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Frederick Augustus Tallmadge O-NY
- William Nelson O-NY
- Cornelius Warren O-NY
- Eliakim Sherrill O-NY
- Peter Henry Silvester O-NY
- John I. Slingerland O-NY
- Orlando Kellogg O-NY
- Sidney Lawrence D-NY
- Hugh White O-NY
- William Collins D-NY
- Joseph Mullin O-NY
- Timothy Jenkins D-NY
- Ausburn Birdsall D-NY
- Daniel Gott O-NY
- William Thomas Lawrence O-NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes O-NY
- Robert Lawson Rose O-NY
- David Rumsey O-NY
- Dudley Marvin O-NY
- Nathan Kelsey Hall O-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- David Fisher O-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Rodolphus Dickinson D-OH
- Jonathan David Morris D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Owen Edwards O-OH
- Daniel Duncan O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Nathan Evans O-OH
- Samuel Lahm D-OH
- John Crowell O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Mosley Root O-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John Freedley O-PA
- John Strohm O-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Jasper Ewing Brady O-PA
- John Blanchard O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Moses Hampton O-PA
- John Wilson Farrelly O-PA
- Alexander Irvin O-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Michael Cocke O-TN
- John Hervey Crozier O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Strother Pendleton O-VA
- William Ballard Preston O-VA
- Andrew Steele Fulton O-VA
- William Henry O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Lucius Benedict Peck D-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Samuel Williams Inge D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Johnston Turner D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Beverly Leonidas Clarke D-KY
- Thomas Watkins Ligon D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Franklin Clark D-ME
- James Sullivan Wiley D-ME
- Hezekiah Williams D-ME
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Winfield Scott Featherston D-MS
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Abraham Watkins Venable D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Charles Hazen Peaslee D-NH
- James Hutchins Johnson D-NH
- Frederick William Lord D-NY
- William Sawyer D-OH
- John Krepps Miller D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Kennon Jr. D-OH
- John D. Cummins D-OH
- George Fries D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Job Mann D-PA
- James Thompson D-PA
- Daniel Wallace D-SC
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- James Houston Thomas D-TN
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase D-TN
- David Spangler Kaufman D-TX
- Timothy Pilsbury D-TX
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Richard Kidder Meade D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Henry Bedinger D-VA
- Robert Augustine Thompson D-VA
- William Gay Brown D-VA
Did not vote
- John Gayle O-AL
- Henry Washington Hilliard O-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Shepherd Leffler D-IA
- Robert Smith O-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- John Larne Robinson D-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- William Rockhill D-IN
- Samuel Oldham Peyton D-KY
- William Garnett Duncan O-KY
- Emile La Sére D-LA
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux O-LA
- John Henry Harmanson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- George Ashmun O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Artemas Hale O-MA
- James Dixon Roman O-MD
- Asa William Henry Clapp D-ME
- Hiram Belcher O-ME
- John Jameson D-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Willard Preble Hall D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Amos Tuck I-NH
- James Wilson O-NH
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- David Sherwood Jackson D-NY
- Horace Greeley O-NY
- Daniel Bennett St. John O-NY
- Gideon Reynolds O-NY
- George Petrie O-NY
- George Anson Starkweather D-NY
- William Duer O-NY
- Harmon Sweatland Conger O-NY
- Esbon Blackmar O-NY
- John Milton Holley O-NY
- James John Faran D-OH
- Richard Sprigg Canby O-OH
- Lewis Charles Levin O-PA
- Charles Brown D-PA
- John Westbrook Hornbeck O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- William Strong D-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Chester Pierce Butler O-PA
- David Wilmot D-PA
- George Nicholas Eckert O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Hugh Lawson White Hill D-TN
- Washington Barrow O-TN
- William T. Haskell O-TN
- Thomas Stanhope Flournoy O-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale D-VA
- James Mcdowell D-VA
- Mason Cook Darling D-WI
- William Pitt Lynde D-WI
Other votes
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