TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO PAY HOUSE MEMBERS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE DELAYED ON THEIR WAY TO WASH., D.C. (p. 209-1)

On Feb 26, 1841, the House voted 101–48. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–33, Others 59–15. 33 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 101
No: 48
Did not vote: 106
Date: Feb 26, 1841

By party

Democrats42 yes · 33 no · 52 didn’t vote
Others59 yes · 15 no · 54 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Zadok Casey D-IL voted no
William Parmenter D-MA voted no
Henry Williams D-MA voted no
John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD voted no
John Miller D-MO voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC voted no
William Montgomery D-NC voted no
Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
Ira Allen Eastman D-NH voted no
Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted no
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted no
William Raworth Cooper D-NJ voted no
Gouverneur Kemble D-NY voted no
Nathaniel Jones D-NY voted no
John Holmes Prentiss D-NY voted no
Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll D-NY voted no
William Medill D-OH voted no
George May Keim D-PA voted no
Francis Wilkinson Pickens 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
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted no
Francis Everod Rives D-VA voted no
John Winston Jones D-VA voted no
George Coke Dromgoole D-VA voted no
Linn Banks D-VA voted no
Andrew Beirne D-VA voted no
Joseph Johnson D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod 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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Capitol Receipts, “TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO PAY HOUSE MEMBERS…: House Vote, Feb 26, 1841,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-H-735/to-adopt-a-resolution-to-pay-house-members-even (accessed 2026-10-17).