To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 299.

On Jul 1, 1840, the House voted 71–113. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 52–50, Others 19–63. 50 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 71
No: 113
Did not vote: 71
Date: Jul 1, 1840

By party

Democrats52 yes · 50 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others19 yes · 63 no · 46 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted no
John Carr D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
Philip Francis Thomas D-MD voted no
John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD voted no
James Carroll D-MD voted no
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted no
Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME voted no
Thomas Davee D-ME voted no
Charles Biddle Shepard D-NC voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
John Hill 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
Daniel Bailey Ryall D-NJ voted no
Joseph Kille D-NJ voted no
Peter Dumont Vroom D-NJ voted no
William Raworth Cooper D-NJ voted no
James De La Montanya D-NY voted no
Gouverneur Kemble D-NY voted no
John Ely D-NY voted no
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D-NY voted no
Amasa Dana D-NY voted no
Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll D-NY voted no
Meredith Mallory D-NY voted no
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted no
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted no
John Davis D-PA voted no
Peter Newhard D-PA voted no
William Sterrett Ramsey D-PA voted no
George Mcculloch D-PA voted no
Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA voted no
Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA voted no
Sampson Hale Butler 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
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted no
Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
Francis Everod Rives D-VA voted no
John Winston Jones D-VA voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
William Lucas D-VA voted no
Green Berry Samuels 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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