To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution that the clerk pay the unseated claimants to the n.j. Seats the same compensation and mileage, paid to the sitti

On Jul 18, 1840, the House voted 81–59. Result: passed. By party: Others 71–2, Democrats 10–57. 10 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 81
No: 59
Did not vote: 115
Date: Jul 18, 1840

By party

Democrats10 yes · 57 no · 60 didn’t vote
Others71 yes · 2 no · 55 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Cross D-AR voted yes
John Wesley Davis D-IN voted yes
William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
Edward Rogers D-NY voted yes
Meredith Mallory D-NY voted yes
John Galbraith D-PA voted yes
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
John Campbell D-SC voted yes
Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC voted yes
Francis Everod Rives D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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