House roll call 80 · 26th Congress · Jan 17, 1840
That when the house adjourns today it will meet again on monday next.
On Jan 17, 1840, the House voted 36–142. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–84, Others 25–58. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 142
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Jan 17, 1840
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 84 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others25 yes · 58 no · 45 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Cross D-AR voted yes
- John Wesley Davis D-IN voted yes
- Henry Williams D-MA voted yes
- Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Davee D-ME voted yes
- John Jameson D-MO voted yes
- Aaron Vanderpoel D-NY voted yes
- David P. Brewster D-NY voted yes
- George Mcculloch D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Wells Morris D-PA voted yes
- John King Griffin D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Thomas Wheeler Williams O-CT
- Thomas Burr Osborne O-CT
- Edward Junius Black O-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Thomas Withers Chinn O-LA
- Abbott Lawrence O-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- Hugh Johnston Anderson D-ME
- Thomas Davee D-ME
- John Jameson D-MO
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- James Monroe O-NY
- Aaron Vanderpoel D-NY
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Anson Brown O-NY
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- Charles F. Mitchell O-NY
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- George Mcculloch D-PA
- Samuel Wells Morris D-PA
- Charles Ogle O-PA
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- John King Griffin D-SC
- John Wesley Crockett O-TN
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- David Hubbard D-AL
- George Whitfield Crabb O-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- James Dellet O-AL
- Joseph Trumbull O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- Lott Warren O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Zadok Casey D-IL
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- John Carr D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- James Rariden O-IN
- William Watson Wick D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Sherrod Williams O-KY
- Simeon H. Anderson O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- William Jordan Graves O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- Rice Garland O-LA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Levi Lincoln O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- John Dennis O-MD
- Philip Francis Thomas D-MD
- James Carroll D-MD
- Jr. Hillen Solomon D-MD
- Francis Thomas D-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Jesse Atherton Bynum D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- William Montgomery D-NC
- John Hill D-NC
- Charles Fisher D-NC
- Henry William Connor D-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson D-NY
- Edward Curtis O-NY
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman O-NY
- Moses Hicks Grinnell O-NY
- Gouverneur Kemble D-NY
- Charles Johnston O-NY
- Rufus Palen O-NY
- John Ely D-NY
- David Abel Russell O-NY
- Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D-NY
- John Fine D-NY
- Peter Joseph Wagner O-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- John Holmes Prentiss D-NY
- Stephen Banks Leonard D-NY
- Edward Rogers D-NY
- Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll D-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- Theron Rudd Strong D-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- Meredith Mallory D-NY
- Thomas Kempshall O-NY
- Luther Christopher Peck O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- William Doan D-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- Isaac Parrish D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor D-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- David Austin Starkweather D-OH
- Henry Swearingen D-OH
- Edward Davies O-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- John Davis D-PA
- David Douglas Wagener D-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- William Sterrett Ramsey D-PA
- David Petrikin D-PA
- Robert Hanna Hammond D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Isaac Leet D-PA
- William Beatty D-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- John Campbell D-SC
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- William Blount Carter O-TN
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Joel Holleman D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- Green Berry Samuels D-VA
- Robert Craig D-VA
- Andrew Beirne D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- William Slade O-VT
- John Smith D-VT
- Isaac Fletcher D-VT
Did not vote
- William Lucius Storrs O-CT
- William Whiting Boardman O-CT
- Thomas Robinson Jr. D-DE
- Hines Holt O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper O-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt O-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Tilghman Ashurst Howard D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Richard Hawes O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- John Reed O-MA
- John Tolley Hood Worthington D-MD
- Daniel Jenifer O-MD
- Albert Smith D-ME
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- Virgil Delphini Parris D-ME
- Isaac Edwin Crary D-MI
- John Miller D-MO
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Charles Biddle Shepard D-NC
- Daniel Bailey Ryall D-NJ
- Joseph Kille D-NJ
- Peter Dumont Vroom D-NJ
- Philemon Dickerson D-NJ
- William Raworth Cooper D-NJ
- James De La Montanya D-NY
- Nathaniel Jones D-NY
- Nicholas Bartlett Doe O-NY
- Judson Allen D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- Richard Pratt Marvin O-NY
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Key Bond O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- John William Allen O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Lemuel Paynter D-PA
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Charles Naylor O-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- Charles Mcclure D-PA
- William Wilson Potter D-PA
- Enos Hook D-PA
- Henry Marie Brackenridge O-PA
- Richard Biddle O-PA
- John Galbraith D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- Waddy Thompson Jr. O-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- Francis Everod Rives D-VA
- John Hill O-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter O-VA
- James Garland O-VA
- Charles Fenton Mercer O-VA
- William Mason Mccarty O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins O-VA
- Joseph Johnson D-VA
- Horace Everett O-VT
Other votes
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