To adjourn motion made during consideration of H.R. 60 a bill for the relief of the owners of the schooner "three brothers." (p. 303-2)

On Apr 3, 1840, the House voted 28–100. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–48, Others 9–52. 19 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 28
No: 100
Did not vote: 127
Date: Apr 3, 1840

By party

Democrats19 yes · 48 no · 60 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 52 no · 67 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Cross D-AR voted yes
Philip Francis Thomas D-MD voted yes
Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI voted yes
John Jameson D-MO voted yes
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
Edmund Burke D-NH voted yes
Ira Allen Eastman D-NH voted yes
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted yes
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted yes
Lemuel Paynter D-PA voted yes
Samuel Wells Morris D-PA voted yes
Isaac Leet D-PA voted yes
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
James Rogers D-SC voted yes
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted yes
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted yes
Walter Coles 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn motion made during consideration…: House Vote, Apr 3, 1840,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-H-270/to-adjourn-motion-made-during-consideration-of-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).