To suspend the rules and submit resolutions forbidding the reception of any resolution, memorial or paper relating to the abolition of slave trade or slavery in

On Dec 30, 1839, the House voted 107–83. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 70–28, Others 37–55. 28 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 107
No: 83
Did not vote: 65
Date: Dec 30, 1839

By party

Democrats70 yes · 28 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others37 yes · 55 no · 36 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Parmenter D-MA voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted no
Albert Smith D-ME voted no
Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME voted no
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted no
Thomas Davee D-ME voted no
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY voted no
Nathaniel Jones D-NY voted no
John Ely D-NY voted no
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D-NY voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
John Holmes Prentiss D-NY voted no
Judson Allen D-NY voted no
Edward Rogers D-NY voted no
Alexander Duncan D-OH voted no
John B. Weller D-OH voted no
William Doan D-OH voted no
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted no
Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D-OH voted no
John Hastings D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted no
Lemuel Paynter D-PA voted no
Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC voted no
Walter Coles D-VA voted no
John Smith D-VT voted no
Isaac Fletcher 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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