To amend the 42nd rule of the house by providing that a motion to adjourn or to fix an adjournment date shall always be in order.

On Jan 14, 1840, the House voted 97–74. Result: passed. By party: Others 68–18, Democrats 29–56. 29 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 97
No: 74
Did not vote: 84
Date: Jan 14, 1840

By party

Democrats29 yes · 56 no · 42 didn’t vote
Others68 yes · 18 no · 42 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Zadok Casey D-IL voted yes
John Wesley Davis D-IN voted yes
Tilghman Ashurst Howard D-IN voted yes
William Orlando Butler D-KY voted yes
Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME voted yes
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted yes
Thomas Davee D-ME voted yes
Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI voted yes
John Miller D-MO voted yes
Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
Charles Biddle Shepard D-NC voted yes
Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY voted yes
Gouverneur Kemble D-NY voted yes
Alexander Duncan D-OH voted yes
John B. Weller D-OH voted yes
George Sweeny D-OH voted yes
Henry Swearingen D-OH voted yes
Lemuel Paynter D-PA voted yes
James Gerry D-PA voted yes
Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA voted yes
John Campbell D-SC voted yes
Sampson Hale Butler D-SC voted yes
Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC voted yes
John King Griffin D-SC voted yes
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted yes
Linn Banks D-VA voted yes
Green Berry Samuels D-VA voted yes
Robert Craig 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 amend the 42nd rule of the house by…: House Vote, Jan 14, 1840,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/26-H-74/to-amend-the-42nd-rule-of-the-house-by (accessed 2026-10-17).