House roll call 919 · 27th Congress · Feb 21, 1843
To reconsider the vote on the resolution for the discharge of the committee of the whole from consideration of bill H.R. 962, revising the act to enable claiman
On Feb 21, 1843, the House voted 103–80 (HR 962). Result: passed. By party: Others 65–37, Democrats 38–43. 38 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 103
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Feb 21, 1843
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 43 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others65 yes · 37 no · 48 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Glover Shields D-AL voted yes
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted yes
- Edward Cross D-AR voted yes
- John Reynolds D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN voted yes
- William Orlando Butler D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA voted yes
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD voted yes
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO voted yes
- John Miller D-MO voted yes
- Jacob Thompson D-MS voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH voted yes
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY voted yes
- John Mckeon D-NY voted yes
- Aaron Ward D-NY voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- James Graham Clinton D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY voted yes
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY voted yes
- John B. Weller D-OH voted yes
- William Medill D-OH voted yes
- James Mathews D-OH voted yes
- George Sweeny D-OH voted yes
- Ezra Dean D-OH voted yes
- Charles Brown D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Fornance D-PA voted yes
- Peter Newhard D-PA voted yes
- George May Keim D-PA voted yes
- Amos Gustine D-PA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA voted yes
- William Jack D-PA voted yes
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC voted yes
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC voted yes
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN voted yes
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN voted yes
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Benjamin Glover Shields D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- Joseph Trumbull O-CT
- William Whiting Boardman O-CT
- Thomas Wheeler Williams O-CT
- Thomas Burr Osborne O-CT
- George Walker Crawford O-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- John Reynolds D-IL
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- Joseph Livingston White O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- John Moore O-LA
- 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
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- William Cost Johnson O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO
- John Miller D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- William Henry Washington O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- Charles Creighton Stratton O-NJ
- John Bancker Aycrigg O-NJ
- Thomas Jones Yorke O-NJ
- William Halstead O-NJ
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY
- John Mckeon D-NY
- Aaron Ward D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Archibald Ladley Linn O-NY
- Bernard Blair O-NY
- Henry Bell Van Rensselaer O-NY
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY
- John Young O-NY
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton O-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- Joshua Mathiot O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- Sherlock James Andrews O-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Samuel Stokely O-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- Amos Gustine D-PA
- James McPherson Russell O-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- William Wallace Irwin O-PA
- William Jack D-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell O-TN
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Cuthbert Powell O-VA
- Richard Walker Barton O-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
- Augustus Young O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- James A. Meriwether O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- Bryan Young Owsley O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Alfred Marshall D-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- Elisha Hunt Allen O-ME
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- Anderson Mitchell O-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell O-NJ
- Joseph Fitz Randolph O-NJ
- Charles Albert Floyd D-NY
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY
- John Van Buren 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
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- Lewis Riggs D-NY
- Samuel Partridge D-NY
- A. Lawrence Foster O-NY
- Victory Birdseye O-NY
- John Maynard O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Alfred Babcock O-NY
- William Russell O-OH
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen O-OH
- Robert Ramsey O-PA
- John Westbrook D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- John Snyder D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Henry White Beeson D-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC
- Thomas Dickens Arnold O-TN
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Robert Looney Caruthers O-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- Milton Brown O-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
- Thomas Walker Gilmer O-VA
- William Alexander Harris D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- Hiland Hall O-VT
- John Mattocks O-VT
Did not vote
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Truman Smith O-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- Julius Caesar Alford O-GA
- Lott Warren O-GA
- Richard Wylly Habersham O-GA
- Roger Lawson Gamble O-GA
- Thomas Flournoy Foster O-GA
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- James Harrison Cravens O-IN
- David Wallace O-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- James Cresap Sprigg O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Thomas Francis Marshall O-KY
- Nathan Appleton O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Isaac Dashiell Jones O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Wray Williams D-MD
- Alexander Randall O-MD
- John Thomson Mason D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- David Bronson O-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard O-MI
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- Joseph Egbert D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson O-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- John Greig O-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- Staley Nichols Clarke O-NY
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- William Doan D-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA
- Henry Black O-PA
- Joseph Lawrence O-PA
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter I-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart O-VA
- Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA
- William Slade O-VT
- Horace Everett O-VT
Other votes
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