To reconsider the vote which passed S. 175, (app. 2-18-41), a bill to encourage the introduction, and to promote the cultivation of tropical plants.

On Feb 12, 1841, the House voted 47–125 (S 175). Result: failed. By party: Others 12–77, Democrats 35–48. 35 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 47
No: 125
Did not vote: 83
Date: Feb 12, 1841

By party

Democrats35 yes · 48 no · 44 didn’t vote
Others12 yes · 77 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL voted yes
John Carr D-IN voted yes
Linn Boyd D-KY voted yes
Henry Williams D-MA voted yes
John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD voted yes
James Carroll D-MD voted yes
Jr. Hillen Solomon D-MD voted yes
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted yes
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted yes
Thomas Davee D-ME voted yes
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
William Montgomery D-NC voted yes
Henry William Connor D-NC voted yes
Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
Edmund Burke D-NH voted yes
Ira Allen Eastman D-NH voted yes
Nathaniel Jones D-NY voted yes
William Doan D-OH voted yes
Isaac Parrish D-OH voted yes
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted yes
David Petrikin D-PA voted yes
Isaac Leet D-PA voted yes
William Beatty D-PA voted yes
Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC voted yes
James Rogers D-SC voted yes
Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC voted yes
John King Griffin D-SC voted yes
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted yes
Francis Everod Rives D-VA voted yes
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted yes
Linn Banks D-VA voted yes
William Lucas D-VA voted yes
Green Berry Samuels D-VA voted yes
Andrew Beirne D-VA voted yes
Lewis Steenrod 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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Capitol Receipts, “To reconsider the vote which passed S. 175…: House Vote, Feb 12, 1841,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-H-701/to-reconsider-the-vote-which-passed-s-175-app (accessed 2026-10-17).