To suspend the rules and introduce a h. Res. Providing that the doorkeeper be directed to remove the desks of the members from the hall, at the earliest practic

On Mar 7, 1842, the House voted 74–93. Result: failed. By party: Others 39–60, Democrats 35–33. 33 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 74
No: 93
Did not vote: 89
Date: Mar 7, 1842

By party

Democrats35 yes · 33 no · 37 didn’t vote
Others39 yes · 60 no · 51 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
William Parmenter D-MA voted no
John Thomson Mason D-MD voted no
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted no
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME voted no
Alfred Marshall D-ME voted no
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted no
Charles Albert Floyd D-NY voted no
Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY voted no
Aaron Ward D-NY voted no
Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY voted no
Robert Mcclellan 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
William Morrison Oliver D-NY voted no
George Sweeny D-OH voted no
John Hastings D-OH voted no
Peter Newhard D-PA voted no
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted no
John Snyder D-PA voted no
Henry White Beeson D-PA voted no
John Campbell D-SC voted no
Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC voted no
Abraham Mcclellan D-TN voted no
Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN voted no
George Booth Cary D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
Walter Coles 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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