To sustain the chair's decision giving precedence to the memorial from ohio, indiana, and ill., recommending measures to complete the cumberland road, and said

On Mar 2, 1840, the House voted 120–61. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 67–34, Others 53–27. 34 members voted against their own party.

During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.

Yes: 120
No: 61
Did not vote: 74
Date: Mar 2, 1840

By party

Democrats67 yes · 34 no · 26 didn’t vote
Others53 yes · 27 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

David Hubbard D-AL voted no
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
Thomas Robinson Jr. D-DE voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
William Parmenter D-MA voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
Philip Francis Thomas D-MD voted no
John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD voted no
Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME voted no
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted no
Thomas Davee D-ME voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC voted no
Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
Ira Allen Eastman D-NH voted no
Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted no
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted no
Meredith Mallory D-NY voted no
Lemuel Paynter D-PA voted no
James Gerry D-PA voted no
William Sterrett Ramsey D-PA voted no
David Petrikin D-PA voted no
John Galbraith D-PA voted no
Sampson Hale Butler D-SC voted no
Abraham Mcclellan D-TN voted no
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
Francis Everod Rives D-VA voted no
John Winston Jones D-VA voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
Robert Craig D-VA voted no
John Smith D-VT voted no
Isaac Fletcher D-VT voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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