House roll call 19 · 27th Congress · Jun 8, 1841
To elect a sergeant-at-arms.
On Jun 8, 1841, the House voted 85–0. Result: passed. By party: Others 79–46, Democrats 81–1, Independents 1–0. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 85
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 8, 1841
By party
- Democrats81 yes · 1 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others79 yes · 46 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Joseph Trumbull O-CT
- William Whiting Boardman O-CT
- Thomas Wheeler Williams O-CT
- Thomas Burr Osborne O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Joseph Livingston White O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- James Wray Williams D-MD
- John Thomson Mason D-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- David Bronson O-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Alfred Marshall D-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- Elisha Hunt Allen O-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard O-MI
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Charles Albert Floyd D-NY
- Joseph Egbert D-NY
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Mckeon D-NY
- Aaron Ward D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- John Van Buren D-NY
- Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Archibald Ladley Linn O-NY
- Bernard Blair O-NY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson O-NY
- Henry Bell Van Rensselaer O-NY
- John Sanford D-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- Lewis Riggs D-NY
- Samuel Partridge D-NY
- A. Lawrence Foster O-NY
- Victory Birdseye O-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- John Maynard O-NY
- John Greig O-NY
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- John Young O-NY
- Staley Nichols Clarke O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Alfred Babcock O-NY
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton O-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- William Doan D-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Russell O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen O-OH
- Joshua Mathiot O-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- Sherlock James Andrews O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Samuel Stokely O-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- Robert Ramsey O-PA
- John Westbrook D-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- Amos Gustine D-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- John Snyder D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Henry White Beeson D-PA
- Joseph Lawrence O-PA
- William Jack D-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC
- Thomas Dickens Arnold O-TN
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- George Booth Cary D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter I-VA
- William Alexander Harris D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- William Slade O-VT
- Augustus Young O-VT
- John Mattocks O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- James A. Meriwether O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Lott Warren O-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- Roger Lawson Gamble O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- James Harrison Cravens O-IN
- David Wallace O-IN
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Bryan Young Owsley O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- Thomas Francis Marshall O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- William Henry Washington O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- John Sergeant O-PA
- William Butler O-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer O-VA
- Cuthbert Powell O-VA
- Richard Walker Barton O-VA
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Horace Everett O-VT
Voted present
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- James Cresap Sprigg O-KY
- Isaac Dashiell Jones O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Alexander Randall O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
Did not vote
- Benjamin Glover Shields D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- George Walker Crawford O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA
- Thomas Flournoy Foster O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Nathan Appleton O-MA
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Anderson Mitchell O-NC
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- James Mathews D-OH
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA
- Henry Black O-PA
- James McPherson Russell O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- William Wallace Irwin O-PA
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- Robert Looney Caruthers O-TN
- Linn Banks D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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