To table a memorial from the ill. Legislature to the comm. On public lands with instructions to report a bill to grant prospective pre-emptions to settlers on t

On Dec 28, 1840, the House voted 58–112. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–63, Others 36–49. 22 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 58
No: 112
Did not vote: 85
Date: Dec 28, 1840

By party

Democrats22 yes · 63 no · 42 didn’t vote
Others36 yes · 49 no · 43 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
Albert Smith D-ME voted yes
Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME voted yes
Charles Biddle Shepard D-NC voted yes
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
John Hill D-NC voted yes
Henry William Connor D-NC voted yes
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY voted yes
Gouverneur Kemble D-NY voted yes
Nathaniel Jones D-NY voted yes
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted yes
Meredith Mallory D-NY voted yes
Lemuel Paynter D-PA voted yes
Joseph Fornance D-PA voted yes
Sampson Hale Butler D-SC voted yes
Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC voted yes
John King Griffin D-SC voted yes
Walter Coles D-VA voted yes
Linn Banks D-VA voted yes
Andrew Beirne D-VA voted yes
Joseph Johnson D-VA voted yes
John Smith D-VT 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table a memorial from the ill…: House Vote, Dec 28, 1840,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-H-649/to-table-a-memorial-from-the-ill-legislature-to (accessed 2026-10-17).