To table the h. Res. Relative to an appointment of a comm. On printing. (p. 291)

On Mar 7, 1842, the House voted 85–103. Result: failed. By party: Others 37–73, Democrats 47–30, Independents 1–0. 30 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 85
No: 103
Did not vote: 68
Date: Mar 7, 1842

By party

Democrats47 yes · 30 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others37 yes · 73 no · 40 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Edward Junius Black D-GA voted no
John Reynolds D-IL voted no
Linn Boyd D-KY voted no
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted no
John Miller D-MO voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC voted no
Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
Ira Allen Eastman D-NH voted no
James I. Roosevelt D-NY voted no
John Mckeon D-NY voted no
James Graham Clinton D-NY voted no
George Sweeny D-OH voted no
John Hastings D-OH voted no
Ezra Dean D-OH voted no
Charles Brown D-PA voted no
Joseph Fornance D-PA voted no
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted no
Henry White Beeson D-PA voted no
Abraham Mcclellan D-TN voted no
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN voted no
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted no
Cave Johnson D-TN voted no
George Booth Cary D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA 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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