House roll call 79 · 25th Congress · Feb 2, 1838
To adjourn; motion made during consideration of the seating of messrs. Prentiss and wood.
On Feb 2, 1838, the House voted 90–118. Result: failed. By party: Others 84–20, Democrats 5–98, Independents 1–0. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 90
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 2, 1838
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 98 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others84 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Ingham D-CT voted yes
- Richard Fletcher D-MA voted yes
- Hugh Swinton Legaré D-SC voted yes
- John Peter Richardson D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Samuel Ingham D-CT
- John Jones Milligan O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- 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
- 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
- Rice Garland O-LA
- Richard Fletcher D-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- George Grennell Jr. O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- John Dennis O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-MD
- Samuel Tredwell Sawyer O-NC
- Edward Stanly 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
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- Edward Curtis O-NY
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- William Patterson O-NY
- Luther Christopher Peck O-NY
- Richard Pratt Marvin O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Charles F. Mitchell O-NY
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Key Bond O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- James Alexander Jr. O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- Charles Dustin Coffin O-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Charles Naylor O-PA
- David Potts Jr. O-PA
- Edward Darlington O-PA
- Edward Davies O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Hugh Swinton Legaré D-SC
- John Campbell O-SC
- Franklin Harper Elmore O-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens O-SC
- Waddy Thompson Jr. O-SC
- William Kennedy Clowney O-SC
- John Peter Richardson D-SC
- John King Griffin O-SC
- William Blount Carter O-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- William Stone O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell 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
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- John Robertson O-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
- James Murray Mason 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
- Joab Lawler O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Francis Strother Lyon O-AL
- Archibald Yell D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Elisha Haley D-CT
- Thomas Tucker Whittlesey D-CT
- Orrin Holt D-CT
- Charles Eaton Haynes D-GA
- George Welshman Owens D-GA
- Hopkins Holsey D-GA
- Jabez Young Jackson D-GA
- Seaton Grantland D-GA
- Thomas Glascock D-GA
- Zadok Casey D-IL
- John Ewing O-IN
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-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
- George Evans O-ME
- Timothy Jarvis Carter 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
- Jesse Atherton Bynum D-NC
- Charles Biddle Shepard O-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
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson 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
- Henry Vail D-NY
- Albert Gallup D-NY
- John Isaac De Graff D-NY
- David Abel Russell O-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
- Amasa Junius Parker D-NY
- Andrew DeWitt Bruyn D-NY
- Hiram Gray D-NY
- Bennet Bicknell D-NY
- William Taylor D-NY
- William Henry Noble D-NY
- Mark Hopkins Sibley O-NY
- John Tuttle Andrews D-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Taylor Webster D-OH
- John Chaney D-OH
- William H. Hunter D-OH
- Elisha Whittlesey O-OH
- Matthias Shepler D-OH
- Lemuel Paynter D-PA
- Jacob Fry Jr. D-PA
- Mathias Morris O-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
- Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA
- Samuel Wells Morris D-PA
- Charles Ogle O-PA
- John Klingensmith Jr. D-PA
- Andrew Buchanan D-PA
- William Beatty D-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett O-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
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- James Garland D-VA
- John Mercer Patton D-VA
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- Robert Craig D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Andrew Beirne D-VA
- Isaac Fletcher D-VT
Did not vote
- George Whitfield Crabb O-AL
- Lancelot Phelps D-CT
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Jesse Franklin Cleveland D-GA
- Adam Wilson Snyder D-IL
- William L. May D-IL
- Ratliff Boon D-IN
- John L. Murray D-KY
- Sherrod Williams O-KY
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Stephen Clarendon Phillips O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Edward Robinson O-ME
- Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne D-MS
- Samuel Jameson Gholson D-MS
- Seargent Smith Prentiss O-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Word O-MS
- Abraham Vanderveer D-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- John Palmer D-NY
- John Holmes Prentiss D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark D-NY
- Cyrus Beers D-NY
- Samuel Birdsall D-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Thomas Lyon Hamer D-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D-OH
- John William Allen O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Williams Loomis O-OH
- Daniel Kilgore D-OH
- Henry Swearingen D-OH
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Francis Jacob Harper D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- David Petrikin D-PA
- Richard Biddle O-PA
- James Knox Polk D-TN
- Ebenezer J. Shields O-TN
- James Wood Bouldin D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter O-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- William Stephen Morgan D-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
Other votes
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