House roll call 40 · 25th Congress · Oct 9, 1837
To amend H. R. 2 to provide that no notes shall be issued as provided, so long as there shall remain in the treasury available funds applicable to the prompt pa
On Oct 9, 1837, the House voted 102–120 (HR 2). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–118, Others 97–2, Independents 1–0. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 102
- No
- 120
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Oct 9, 1837
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 118 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others97 yes · 2 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Fletcher D-MA voted yes
- James Wood Bouldin D-VA voted yes
- James Garland D-VA voted yes
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joab Lawler O-AL
- Francis Strother Lyon O-AL
- John Jones Milligan O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Ewing O-IN
- William Graham O-IN
- George Hedford Dunn O-IN
- James Rariden O-IN
- William Herod O-IN
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Edward Rumsey O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Sherrod Williams O-KY
- James Harlan O-KY
- John Calhoon O-KY
- John Pope I-KY
- William Jordan Graves O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Richard Hawes O-KY
- Richard Hickman Menefee O-KY
- John Chambers O-KY
- William Wright Southgate O-KY
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Richard Fletcher D-MA
- Stephen Clarendon Phillips O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- George Grennell Jr. O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John Dennis O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- Samuel Tredwell Sawyer O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Charles Biddle Shepard O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Edward Curtis O-NY
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman O-NY
- David Abel Russell O-NY
- Mark Hopkins Sibley O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- William Patterson O-NY
- Luther Christopher Peck O-NY
- Richard Pratt Marvin O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Key Bond O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- James Alexander Jr. O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- John William Allen O-OH
- Elisha Whittlesey O-OH
- Andrew Williams Loomis O-OH
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Charles Naylor O-PA
- David Potts Jr. O-PA
- Edward Darlington O-PA
- Edward Davies O-PA
- Charles Ogle O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Richard Biddle O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- John Campbell O-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens O-SC
- Waddy Thompson Jr. O-SC
- William Kennedy Clowney O-SC
- John King Griffin O-SC
- William Blount Carter O-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- William Stone O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Abram Poindexter Maury O-TN
- Richard Cheatham O-TN
- John Wesley Crockett O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- James Wood Bouldin D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Robertson O-VA
- James Garland D-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- William Slade O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- Heman (of Milton) Allen O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Joshua Lanier Martin D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Samuel Ingham D-CT
- Elisha Haley D-CT
- Thomas Tucker Whittlesey D-CT
- Lancelot Phelps D-CT
- Orrin Holt D-CT
- Charles Eaton Haynes D-GA
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- George Welshman Owens D-GA
- Hopkins Holsey D-GA
- Jabez Young Jackson D-GA
- Jesse Franklin Cleveland D-GA
- Seaton Grantland D-GA
- Thomas Glascock D-GA
- Adam Wilson Snyder D-IL
- Zadok Casey D-IL
- Ratliff Boon D-IN
- John L. Murray D-KY
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA
- John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD
- Benjamin Chew Howard D-MD
- Isaac Mckim D-MD
- Francis Thomas D-MD
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith D-ME
- Jonathan Cilley D-ME
- Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME
- Joseph Cobham Noyes O-ME
- Thomas Davee D-ME
- Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI
- Albert Galliton Harrison D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne D-MS
- Samuel Jameson Gholson D-MS
- Jesse Atherton Bynum D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC
- William Montgomery D-NC
- Henry William Connor D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- James Farrington D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Joseph Weeks D-NH
- Samuel Cushman D-NH
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY
- Abraham Vanderveer D-NY
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng D-NY
- Ely Moore D-NY
- Gouverneur Kemble D-NY
- Obadiah Titus D-NY
- Nathaniel Jones D-NY
- John Curtis Brodhead D-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Henry Vail D-NY
- Albert Gallup D-NY
- John Isaac De Graff D-NY
- John Palmer D-NY
- James Bradley Spencer D-NY
- John Edwards D-NY
- Arphaxed Loomis D-NY
- Abraham Phineas Grant D-NY
- Henry Allen Foster D-NY
- Isaac Hopkins Bronson D-NY
- John Holmes Prentiss D-NY
- Amasa Junius Parker D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark D-NY
- Andrew DeWitt Bruyn D-NY
- Hiram Gray D-NY
- Bennet Bicknell D-NY
- William Taylor D-NY
- William Henry Noble D-NY
- Samuel Birdsall D-NY
- John Tuttle Andrews D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Taylor Webster D-OH
- John Chaney D-OH
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D-OH
- William H. Hunter D-OH
- Matthias Shepler D-OH
- Daniel Kilgore D-OH
- Lemuel Paynter D-PA
- Jacob Fry Jr. D-PA
- David Douglas Wagener D-PA
- Edward Burd Hubley D-PA
- Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg D-PA
- Luther Reily D-PA
- Henry Logan D-PA
- Daniel Sheffer D-PA
- Charles Mcclure D-PA
- William Wilson Potter D-PA
- David Petrikin D-PA
- Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA
- Samuel Wells Morris D-PA
- John Klingensmith Jr. D-PA
- Andrew Buchanan D-PA
- William Beatty D-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Hugh Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett O-SC
- John Peter Richardson D-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Francis Everod Rives D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Archibald Stuart D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Robert Craig D-VA
- Andrew Beirne D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Stephen Morgan D-VA
- Isaac Fletcher D-VT
Did not vote
- George Whitfield Crabb O-AL
- William L. May D-IL
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley D-LA
- Rice Garland O-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-MD
- Edward Robinson O-ME
- George Evans O-ME
- Timothy Jarvis Carter D-ME
- Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME
- Seargent Smith Prentiss O-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Word O-MS
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Cyrus Beers D-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Charles F. Mitchell O-NY
- Thomas Lyon Hamer D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Charles Dustin Coffin O-OH
- Henry Swearingen D-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Francis Jacob Harper D-PA
- Mathias Morris O-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore O-SC
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- James Knox Polk D-TN
- Ebenezer J. Shields O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter O-VA
- John Mercer Patton D-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
Other votes
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