To adopt the resolution relating to house rules, amended as follows: the rules of the 26th Congress, as they were at the close of the Congress be the rules and

On Dec 7, 1841, the House voted 97–95. Result: passed. By party: Others 43–75, Democrats 53–20, Independents 1–0. 20 members voted against their own party.

During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.

Yes: 97
No: 95
Did not vote: 64
Date: Dec 7, 1841

By party

Democrats53 yes · 20 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others43 yes · 75 no · 32 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Reynolds D-IL voted no
Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted no
William Parmenter D-MA voted no
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME voted no
Alfred Marshall D-ME voted no
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted no
Fernando Wood D-NY voted no
James I. Roosevelt D-NY voted no
Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
James Graham Clinton D-NY voted no
Robert Mcclellan D-NY voted no
John Sanford D-NY voted no
Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY voted no
David P. Brewster D-NY voted no
John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted no
Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY voted no
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
Samuel Partridge D-NY voted no
Charles Brown D-PA voted no
Arnold Plumer D-PA 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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