To reconsider the vote on the order to engross H.R. 548. (p. 800-1)

On Jul 27, 1842, the House voted 86–82 (HR 548). Result: passed. By party: Others 50–46, Democrats 36–36. 36 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 86
No: 82
Did not vote: 88
Date: Jul 27, 1842

By party

Democrats36 yes · 36 no · 33 didn’t vote
Others50 yes · 46 no · 54 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA voted no
John Reynolds D-IL voted no
Nathan Clifford D-ME voted no
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME voted no
Alfred Marshall D-ME voted no
William McKendree Gwin D-MS voted no
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted no
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted no
Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC voted no
Edmund Burke D-NH voted no
Tristram Shaw D-NH voted no
Charles Albert Floyd D-NY voted no
Joseph Egbert D-NY voted no
James I. Roosevelt D-NY voted no
Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY voted no
John Sanford D-NY voted no
Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY voted no
William Medill D-OH voted no
Ezra Dean D-OH voted no
George May Keim D-PA voted no
James Gerry D-PA voted no
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted no
John Snyder D-PA voted no
Almon Heath Read 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
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
William Alexander Harris D-VA voted no
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
Lewis Steenrod 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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