House roll call 327 · 27th Congress · Jan 15, 1842
To table the debate on the memorials regarding the uniform bankruptcy laws and the motion to refer the same with instructions, by substituting the word "instant
On Jan 15, 1842, the House voted 102–115. Result: failed. By party: Others 95–32, Democrats 7–82, Independents 0–1. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 102
- No
- 115
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jan 15, 1842
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 82 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others95 yes · 32 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA voted yes
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS voted yes
- Fernando Wood D-NY voted yes
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- John Mckeon D-NY voted yes
- David P. Brewster D-NY voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- James A. Meriwether O-GA
- Lott Warren O-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- David Wallace O-IN
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Isaac Dashiell Jones O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Alexander Randall O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- David Bronson O-ME
- Elisha Hunt Allen O-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard O-MI
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- William Henry Washington O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- 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
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY
- John Mckeon 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
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- A. Lawrence Foster O-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- John Maynard O-NY
- Francis Granger O-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
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- William Russell O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Joshua Mathiot O-OH
- Sherlock James Andrews O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Samuel Stokely O-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- Robert Ramsey O-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- James McPherson Russell O-PA
- Joseph Lawrence O-PA
- William Wallace Irwin O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Thomas Dickens Arnold O-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- Cuthbert Powell O-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- William Slade O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- Augustus Young O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Glover Shields D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Thomas Flournoy Foster O-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- James Harrison Cravens O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- 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
- James Cresap Sprigg O-KY
- Thomas Francis Marshall O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- William Parmenter D-MA
- James Wray Williams D-MD
- John Thomson Mason D-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- Alfred Marshall D-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- Joseph Egbert D-NY
- Charles Goadsby Ferris 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
- John Sanford D-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Lewis Riggs D-NY
- Samuel Partridge D-NY
- Victory Birdseye O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- William Doan D-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen O-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- John Westbrook D-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- Amos Gustine D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- John Snyder D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Henry White Beeson D-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell O-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Robert Looney Caruthers 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
- George Booth Cary D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter I-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Richard Walker Barton O-VA
- William Alexander Harris D-VA
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- John Mattocks O-VT
Did not vote
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- George Walker Crawford O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA
- Roger Lawson Gamble O-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Livingston White O-IN
- John White O-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- Nathan Appleton O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- Anderson Mitchell O-NC
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- Charles Albert Floyd D-NY
- John Greig O-NY
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY
- James Mathews D-OH
- John Sergeant O-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA
- Henry Black O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- William Jack D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
Other votes
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