To agree to Senate amendment to H.R. 5, said amendment to appropriate $6,000 for ministers resident at constantinople.

On Jul 20, 1840, the House voted 54–84 (HR 5). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 46–33, Others 8–51. 33 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 54
No: 84
Did not vote: 117
Date: Jul 20, 1840

By party

Democrats46 yes · 33 no · 48 didn’t vote
Others8 yes · 51 no · 69 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
John Reynolds D-IL voted no
Zadok Casey D-IL voted no
John Wesley Davis D-IN voted no
John Carr D-IN voted no
Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
James Carroll D-MD voted no
Albert Smith D-ME voted no
Charles Biddle Shepard D-NC 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
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted no
Daniel Bailey Ryall D-NJ voted no
Nathaniel Jones D-NY voted no
John Fine D-NY voted no
Amasa Dana D-NY voted no
William Doan D-OH voted no
William Medill D-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor D-OH voted no
John Galbraith D-PA voted no
Abraham Mcclellan D-TN 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
Andrew Beirne D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson 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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