To table a resolution that certain people in the service of the house be allowed same rate of extra compensation as Senate has paid to their officers and attend

On Jul 21, 1840, the House voted 51–103. Result: failed. By party: Others 7–71, Democrats 44–32. 32 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 51
No: 103
Did not vote: 101
Date: Jul 21, 1840

By party

Democrats44 yes · 32 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 71 no · 50 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Zadok Casey D-IL voted no
William Watson Wick D-IN voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
William Parmenter D-MA voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
Albert Smith D-ME voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
Jesse Atherton Bynum D-NC voted no
Joseph Kille D-NJ voted no
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY voted no
John Ely D-NY voted no
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D-NY voted no
Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
John Holmes Prentiss D-NY voted no
Edward Rogers D-NY voted no
William Medill D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted no
Lemuel Paynter D-PA voted no
Peter Newhard D-PA voted no
George May Keim D-PA voted no
William Sterrett Ramsey D-PA voted no
George Mcculloch D-PA voted no
Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA voted no
Samuel Wells Morris D-PA voted no
Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA voted no
John Galbraith D-PA voted no
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Robert Craig 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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