To adjourn, motion made during debate on a resolution proposing the appointment of a committee of 5 to inquire into the contingent expenses of the house and int

On Jun 17, 1841, the House voted 40–117. Result: failed. By party: Others 6–99, Democrats 34–18. 18 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 40
No: 117
Did not vote: 99
Date: Jun 17, 1841

By party

Democrats34 yes · 18 no · 53 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 99 no · 45 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Orlando Butler D-KY voted no
Alfred Marshall D-ME voted no
Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted no
Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted no
Samuel Gordon D-NY voted no
John B. Weller D-OH voted no
Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA voted no
John Westbrook D-PA voted no
Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA voted no
John Snyder D-PA voted no
Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA voted no
Henry White Beeson D-PA voted no
Arnold Plumer D-PA voted no
John Campbell D-SC voted no
Aaron Venable Brown D-TN voted no
George Booth Cary D-VA voted no
Edmund Wilcox Hubard 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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