To amend H.R. 601, by providing payment for workers on the treasury building.

On Feb 24, 1841, the House voted 111–60 (HR 601). Result: passed. By party: Others 69–18, Democrats 42–42. 42 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 111
No: 60
Did not vote: 84
Date: Feb 24, 1841

By party

Democrats42 yes · 42 no · 43 didn’t vote
Others69 yes · 18 no · 41 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Reuben Chapman D-AL voted no
Dixon Hall Lewis 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
William Parmenter D-MA voted no
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted no
Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME voted no
Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI voted no
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC voted no
William Montgomery D-NC voted no
John Hill D-NC voted no
Henry William Connor D-NC voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
Ira Allen Eastman D-NH voted no
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted no
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY voted no
Nathaniel Jones D-NY voted no
John Fine D-NY voted no
David P. Brewster D-NY voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll D-NY voted no
Theron Rudd Strong D-NY voted no
William Medill D-OH voted no
David Austin Starkweather D-OH voted no
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted no
John Campbell D-SC voted no
Sampson Hale Butler D-SC voted no
Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC voted no
John King Griffin D-SC 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
Linn Banks D-VA voted no
Green Berry Samuels D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod 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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