To suspend the rules to instruct the committee on revolutionary pensions to investigate the expediency of continuing for 5 yrs. The pensions allowed under the a

On Jan 8, 1841, the House voted 99–52. Result: passed. By party: Others 63–14, Democrats 36–38. 36 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 99
No: 52
Did not vote: 104
Date: Jan 8, 1841

By party

Democrats36 yes · 38 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others63 yes · 14 no · 51 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Reynolds D-IL voted yes
John Carr D-IN voted yes
Thomas Smith D-IN voted yes
William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
Henry Williams D-MA voted yes
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted yes
Albert Smith D-ME voted yes
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted yes
Thomas Davee D-ME voted yes
Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
Edmund Burke D-NH voted yes
Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted yes
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted yes
Daniel Bailey Ryall D-NJ voted yes
John Ely D-NY voted yes
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D-NY voted yes
John Holmes Prentiss D-NY voted yes
Amasa Dana D-NY voted yes
Stephen Banks Leonard D-NY voted yes
Edward Rogers D-NY voted yes
Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll D-NY voted yes
Theron Rudd Strong D-NY voted yes
John B. Weller D-OH voted yes
Lemuel Paynter D-PA voted yes
Joseph Fornance D-PA voted yes
John Davis D-PA voted yes
David Douglas Wagener D-PA voted yes
George Mcculloch D-PA voted yes
Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA voted yes
Enos Hook D-PA voted yes
John Galbraith D-PA voted yes
Julius W. Blackwell D-TN voted yes
Andrew Beirne D-VA voted yes
Joseph Johnson D-VA voted yes
Lewis Steenrod 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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