House roll call 117 · 26th Congress · Feb 4, 1840
To elect a chaplain, votes for bates are coded 1, for braxton 2, for balch 5, for danforth 6, for other 8, for not voting 9.
On Feb 4, 1840, the House voted 92–0. Result: passed. By party: Others 90–0, Democrats 85–0.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 92
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 80
- Date
- Feb 4, 1840
By party
- Democrats85 yes · 0 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others90 yes · 0 no · 38 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Joseph Trumbull O-CT
- William Lucius Storrs O-CT
- Thomas Wheeler Williams O-CT
- Thomas Burr Osborne O-CT
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- Lott Warren O-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Zadok Casey D-IL
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- John Carr D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- James Rariden O-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Tilghman Ashurst Howard D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Simeon H. Anderson O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- William Jordan Graves O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- Thomas Withers Chinn O-LA
- Rice Garland O-LA
- Abbott Lawrence O-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- Osmyn Baker 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
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- James Carroll D-MD
- Jr. Hillen Solomon D-MD
- Francis Thomas D-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- Albert Smith D-ME
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- George Evans O-ME
- Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME
- Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- Thomas Davee D-ME
- Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI
- John Jameson D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Jesse Atherton Bynum D-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Charles Biddle Shepard D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- John Hill D-NC
- Henry William Connor D-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY
- James De La Montanya D-NY
- Edward Curtis O-NY
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman O-NY
- Moses Hicks Grinnell O-NY
- Gouverneur Kemble D-NY
- Charles Johnston O-NY
- Nathaniel Jones D-NY
- Rufus Palen O-NY
- Aaron Vanderpoel D-NY
- John Ely D-NY
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Anson Brown O-NY
- David Abel Russell O-NY
- Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D-NY
- John Fine D-NY
- Peter Joseph Wagner O-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- John Holmes Prentiss D-NY
- Judson Allen D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Stephen Banks Leonard D-NY
- Edward Rogers D-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- Theron Rudd Strong D-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- Meredith Mallory D-NY
- Thomas Kempshall O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- Luther Christopher Peck O-NY
- Richard Pratt Marvin O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Key Bond O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor D-OH
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- John William Allen O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Charles Naylor O-PA
- Edward Davies O-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- John Davis D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- William Sterrett Ramsey D-PA
- David Petrikin D-PA
- Charles Ogle O-PA
- Enos Hook D-PA
- Isaac Leet D-PA
- Richard Biddle O-PA
- William Beatty D-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- Waddy Thompson Jr. O-SC
- John King Griffin D-SC
- William Blount Carter O-TN
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- John Wesley Crockett O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Joel Holleman D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- John Hill O-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- James Garland O-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- Robert Craig D-VA
- Andrew Beirne D-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- William Slade O-VT
- Isaac Fletcher D-VT
Did not vote
- David Hubbard D-AL
- George Whitfield Crabb O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Whiting Boardman O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Thomas Robinson Jr. D-DE
- Edward Junius Black O-GA
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- Hines Holt O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt O-GA
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Sherrod Williams O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Richard Hawes O-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-MD
- John Miller D-MO
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC
- William Montgomery D-NC
- Charles Fisher D-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Bailey Ryall D-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Joseph Kille D-NJ
- Peter Dumont Vroom D-NJ
- Philemon Dickerson D-NJ
- William Raworth Cooper D-NJ
- James Monroe O-NY
- Nicholas Bartlett Doe O-NY
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll D-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Charles F. Mitchell O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- William Doan D-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- Henry Swearingen D-OH
- Lemuel Paynter D-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- David Douglas Wagener D-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- Charles Mcclure D-PA
- George Mcculloch D-PA
- William Wilson Potter D-PA
- Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA
- Samuel Wells Morris D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Henry Marie Brackenridge O-PA
- John Galbraith D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- Francis Everod Rives D-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
- William Mason Mccarty O-VA
- Green Berry Samuels D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins O-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- John Smith D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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