To suspend the rules in order to remove the resolution to elect a clerk and printer for the select committee relating to the swartwout resolution, and that the

On Jan 19, 1839, the House voted 112–32. Result: passed. By party: Others 88–0, Democrats 24–32. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.

Yes: 112
No: 32
Did not vote: 113
Date: Jan 19, 1839

By party

Democrats24 yes · 32 no · 78 didn’t vote
Others88 yes · 0 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joshua Lanier Martin D-AL voted yes
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
Archibald Yell D-AR voted yes
Samuel Ingham D-CT voted yes
Elisha Haley D-CT voted yes
Thomas Tucker Whittlesey D-CT voted yes
Lancelot Phelps D-CT voted yes
Charles Eaton Haynes D-GA voted yes
Hopkins Holsey D-GA voted yes
Jabez Young Jackson D-GA voted yes
Jesse Franklin Cleveland D-GA voted yes
Seaton Grantland D-GA voted yes
Zadok Casey D-IL voted yes
William L. May D-IL voted yes
Richard Fletcher D-MA voted yes
Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA voted yes
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith D-ME voted yes
Obadiah Titus D-NY voted yes
Hiram Gray D-NY voted yes
John Chaney D-OH voted yes
Walter Coles D-VA voted yes
Archibald Stuart D-VA voted yes
James Garland D-VA voted yes
George Washington Hopkins 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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