House roll call 83 · 25th Congress · Feb 5, 1838
To amend the resolution concerning the election of prentiss and wood, to deny the right to seats in the house to said gentlemen. (speaker voting in the affirma
On Feb 5, 1838, the House voted 118–117. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 115–6, Others 3–110, Independents 0–1. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 25th Congress (1837–1838), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 118
- No
- 117
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 5, 1838
By party
- Democrats115 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 110 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
- William L. May D-IL voted no
- Richard Fletcher D-MA voted no
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA voted no
- John Mercer Patton D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Joshua Lanier Martin 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 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
- Zadok Casey D-IL
- Ratliff Boon D-IN
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- John L. Murray D-KY
- William Parmenter 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
- Timothy Jarvis Carter D-ME
- Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME
- Thomas Davee D-ME
- Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI
- Albert Galliton Harrison D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- 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
- 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 Campbell O-SC
- John Peter Richardson D-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- James Knox Polk D-TN
- Francis Everod Rives D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- James Wood Bouldin D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Archibald Stuart D-VA
- James Garland 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
How each representative voted: No
- Joab Lawler O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Francis Strother Lyon O-AL
- John Jones Milligan O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- William L. May D-IL
- John Ewing O-IN
- William Graham O-IN
- George Hedford Dunn O-IN
- James Rariden O-IN
- William Herod 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
- Rice Garland 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
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden D-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- John Dennis O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Joseph Cobham Noyes O-ME
- 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
- Joseph Fitz Randolph 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
- 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
- Samson Mason O-OH
- James Alexander Jr. O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- John William Allen O-OH
- Elisha Whittlesey O-OH
- Charles Dustin Coffin O-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Charles Naylor O-PA
- David Potts Jr. O-PA
- Edward Darlington O-PA
- Edward Davies O-PA
- Mathias Morris O-PA
- Charles Ogle O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Richard Biddle O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Franklin Harper Elmore 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
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Abram Poindexter Maury O-TN
- Ebenezer J. Shields 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Robertson O-VA
- John Mercer Patton D-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- William Slade O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- Heman (of Milton) Allen O-VT
Did not vote
- George Whitfield Crabb O-AL
- George Washington Bonaparte Towns D-GA
- Adam Wilson Snyder D-IL
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall 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
- Cyrus Beers D-NY
- Harvey Putnam O-NY
- Thomas Lyon Hamer D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Williams Loomis O-OH
- Daniel Kilgore D-OH
- Henry Swearingen D-OH
- Francis Jacob Harper D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- Linn Banks D-VA
Other votes
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