To suspend the rules to consider a resolution proposing that from monday next the house will recess each day from 2:30 to 4:00.

On May 16, 1840, the House voted 132–42. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 74–20, Others 58–22. 20 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 132
No: 42
Did not vote: 81
Date: May 16, 1840

By party

Democrats74 yes · 20 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others58 yes · 22 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
Zadok Casey D-IL voted no
John Wesley Davis D-IN voted no
Thomas Davee D-ME voted no
John Miller D-MO voted no
William Montgomery D-NC voted no
Joseph Kille D-NJ voted no
James De La Montanya D-NY voted no
Gouverneur Kemble D-NY voted no
Aaron Vanderpoel D-NY voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Lemuel Paynter D-PA voted no
David Petrikin D-PA voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC voted no
John King Griffin D-SC voted no
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
Andrew Beirne D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod D-VA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules to consider a…: House Vote, May 16, 1840,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-H-361/to-suspend-the-rules-to-consider-a-resolution-proposing (accessed 2026-10-15).