House roll call 88 · 27th Congress · Jul 6, 1841
To order the previous question on the amendment offered by MR. Briggs to the report of the select committee on rules. The amendment provides to add to the amend
On Jul 6, 1841, the House voted 124–88. Result: passed. By party: Others 123–5, Democrats 1–83. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 124
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jul 6, 1841
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 83 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others123 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Trumbull O-CT
- William Whiting Boardman O-CT
- Thomas Wheeler Williams O-CT
- Thomas Burr Osborne O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- James A. Meriwether O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- Roger Lawson Gamble O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- Joseph Livingston White O-IN
- James Harrison Cravens O-IN
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Bryan Young Owsley O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Isaac Dashiell Jones O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Alexander Randall O-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- David Bronson O-ME
- Elisha Hunt Allen O-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard O-MI
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- William Henry Washington O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Archibald Ladley Linn O-NY
- Bernard Blair O-NY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson O-NY
- Henry Bell Van Rensselaer O-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- A. Lawrence Foster O-NY
- Victory Birdseye O-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- John Maynard O-NY
- John Greig O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- John Young O-NY
- Staley Nichols Clarke O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Alfred Babcock O-NY
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton O-OH
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Russell O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen O-OH
- Joshua Mathiot O-OH
- Sherlock James Andrews O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Samuel Stokely O-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Robert Ramsey O-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Henry Black O-PA
- Joseph Lawrence O-PA
- William Wallace Irwin O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- Thomas Dickens Arnold O-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Robert Looney Caruthers O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Cuthbert Powell O-VA
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- William Slade O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
- Augustus Young O-VT
- John Mattocks O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Benjamin Glover Shields D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Lott Warren O-GA
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- James Wray Williams D-MD
- John Thomson Mason D-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Alfred Marshall D-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- Charles Albert Floyd D-NY
- Joseph Egbert D-NY
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY
- John Mckeon D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- John Van Buren D-NY
- Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- John Sanford D-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Lewis Riggs D-NY
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- John Westbrook D-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- Amos Gustine D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- John Snyder D-PA
- Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Henry White Beeson D-PA
- William Jack D-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- George Booth Cary D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- William Alexander Harris D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Did not vote
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- George Walker Crawford O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Thomas Flournoy Foster O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- David Wallace O-IN
- James Cresap Sprigg O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Thomas Francis Marshall O-KY
- Nathan Appleton O-MA
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS
- Anderson Mitchell O-NC
- Aaron Ward D-NY
- Samuel Partridge D-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- William Doan D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- James McPherson Russell O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter I-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer O-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Richard Walker Barton O-VA
Other votes
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