To adopt a resolution relating to house rules, and providing that the daily hour of meeting of this house shall be 10 a.m. (p. 65-2)

On Jun 17, 1841, the House voted 140–50. Result: passed. By party: Others 110–6, Democrats 29–44, Independents 1–0. 29 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 140
No: 50
Did not vote: 66
Date: Jun 17, 1841

By party

Democrats29 yes · 44 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others110 yes · 6 no · 34 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted yes
William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
James Wray Williams D-MD voted yes
John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC voted yes
James Iver Mckay D-NC voted yes
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted yes
Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC voted yes
Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY voted yes
John Sanford D-NY voted yes
David P. Brewster D-NY voted yes
Lewis Riggs D-NY voted yes
Samuel Partridge D-NY voted yes
William Morrison Oliver D-NY voted yes
John B. Weller D-OH voted yes
George Sweeny D-OH voted yes
Ezra Dean D-OH voted yes
John Westbrook D-PA voted yes
Amos Gustine D-PA voted yes
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted yes
Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA voted yes
John Campbell D-SC voted yes
Sampson Hale Butler D-SC voted yes
George Booth Cary D-VA voted yes
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted yes
Linn Banks D-VA voted yes
George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted yes
Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA voted yes
Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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