To table a resolution to enter the journal of propositions regarding rights to vote of representatives from new jersey.

On Dec 13, 1839, the House voted 102–120. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 72–39, Others 30–81. 39 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 102
No: 120
Did not vote: 33
Date: Dec 13, 1839

By party

Democrats72 yes · 39 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others30 yes · 81 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
David Hubbard D-AL voted no
Philip Francis Thomas D-MD voted no
John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD voted no
John Jameson D-MO voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC 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
Nathaniel Jones D-NY voted no
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D-NY voted no
John Fine D-NY voted no
John Holmes Prentiss D-NY voted no
Theron Rudd Strong D-NY voted no
Alexander Duncan D-OH voted no
William Medill D-OH voted no
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted no
Joseph Fornance D-PA voted no
James Gerry D-PA voted no
David Petrikin D-PA voted no
Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted no
Abraham Mcclellan D-TN voted no
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN voted no
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
Francis Everod Rives D-VA voted no
John Winston Jones D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
William Lucas D-VA voted no
Green Berry Samuels D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod 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.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “To table a resolution to enter the journal…: House Vote, Dec 13, 1839,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-H-5/to-table-a-resolution-to-enter-the-journal-of (accessed 2026-10-16).