To order the previous question on a motion to refer the resolution and memorial from ind. To the committee of ways and means.

On May 25, 1840, the House voted 96–62. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–42, Others 54–20. 42 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 96
No: 62
Did not vote: 97
Date: May 25, 1840

By party

Democrats42 yes · 42 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others54 yes · 20 no · 54 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
David Hubbard D-AL voted no
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
Jr. Hillen Solomon D-MD voted no
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Charles Biddle Shepard D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC voted no
John Hill D-NC voted no
Charles Fisher 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
Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
John Holmes Prentiss D-NY voted no
Theron Rudd Strong D-NY voted no
Joseph Fornance D-PA voted no
John Davis D-PA voted no
James Gerry D-PA voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
John Campbell D-SC voted no
Sampson Hale Butler D-SC voted no
Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC voted no
Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC voted no
John King Griffin D-SC voted no
Abraham Mcclellan D-TN voted no
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
Linn Banks D-VA voted no
William Lucas D-VA voted no
Green Berry Samuels D-VA voted no
Robert Craig D-VA voted no
Andrew Beirne D-VA voted no
John Smith 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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