House roll call 951 · 27th Congress · Mar 2, 1843
To amend S. 89 by providing for a letter rate of 5 cents for 50 miles or under, and 10 cents over 50 miles, and double the above rates on all letter weighing FR
On Mar 2, 1843, the House voted 88–64 (S 89). Result: passed. By party: Others 70–22, Democrats 18–41, Independents 0–1. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 27th Congress (1841–1842), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 88
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 104
- Date
- Mar 2, 1843
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 41 no · 46 didn’t vote
- Others70 yes · 22 no · 58 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA voted yes
- William Parmenter D-MA voted yes
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME voted yes
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC voted yes
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH voted yes
- Edmund Burke D-NH voted yes
- Tristram Shaw D-NH voted yes
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY voted yes
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY voted yes
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted yes
- John Van Buren D-NY voted yes
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY voted yes
- John Sanford D-NY voted yes
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Gordon D-NY voted yes
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY voted yes
- Ezra Dean D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA 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
- John Hall Brockway O-CT
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- James Harrison Cravens O-IN
- David Wallace O-IN
- Philip Triplett O-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Willis Green O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Edward Douglass White O-LA
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- George Nixon Briggs O-MA
- William Barron Calhoun O-MA
- John Quincy Adams 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
- Benjamin Randall O-ME
- Joshua Adams Lowell D-ME
- Elisha Hunt Allen O-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard O-MI
- Edward Stanly O-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- Tristram Shaw D-NH
- 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
- Charles Goadsby Ferris D-NY
- James I. Roosevelt D-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- John Van Buren D-NY
- Robert Mcclellan D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Archibald Ladley Linn O-NY
- Henry Bell Van Rensselaer O-NY
- John Sanford D-NY
- John Gelston Floyd D-NY
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden O-NY
- Samuel Gordon D-NY
- John Chamberlain Clark O-NY
- Christopher Morgan O-NY
- John Maynard O-NY
- Francis Granger O-NY
- William Morrison Oliver D-NY
- Timothy Childs O-NY
- John Young O-NY
- Millard Fillmore O-NY
- Alfred Babcock O-NY
- Joseph Ridgway O-OH
- Benjamin Sprague Cowen O-OH
- Sherlock James Andrews O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Samuel Stokely O-OH
- George Washington Toland O-PA
- Robert Ramsey O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- James McPherson Russell O-PA
- Thomas McKean Thompson Mckennan O-PA
- Thomas Henry O-PA
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast O-RI
- Robert Bennie Cranston O-RI
- Thomas Dickens Arnold O-TN
- Joseph Lanier Williams O-TN
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry O-TN
- Henry Alexander Wise O-VA
- John Minor Botts O-VA
- Cuthbert Powell O-VA
- Richard Walker Barton O-VA
- Hiland Hall 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
- Edward Cross D-AR
- James A. Meriwether O-GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper D-GA
- Thomas Butler King O-GA
- Zadok Casey O-IL
- John Todd Stuart O-IL
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- James Cresap Sprigg O-KY
- John Moore O-LA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- Nathaniel Briggs Borden O-MA
- Charles S. Sewall D-MD
- David Bronson O-ME
- Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D-ME
- Alfred Marshall D-ME
- John Miller D-MO
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- William Henry Washington O-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Abraham Rencher O-NC
- James Graham O-NC
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Charles Albert Floyd D-NY
- Aaron Ward D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Samuel Smith Bowne D-NY
- Lewis Riggs D-NY
- Victory Birdseye O-NY
- William Doan D-OH
- William Russell O-OH
- John Hastings D-OH
- Charles Brown D-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Joseph Fornance D-PA
- John Westbrook D-PA
- John Snyder D-PA
- Arnold Plumer D-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Samuel Wilds Trotti D-SC
- James Rogers D-SC
- Thomas De Lage Sumter D-SC
- Patrick Calhoun Caldwell D-SC
- Abraham Mcclellan D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Campbell 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
- Christopher Harris Williams O-TN
- Francis Mallory O-VA
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter I-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- Samuel Lewis Hays D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
Did not vote
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet O-GA
- George Walker Crawford 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
- John Reynolds D-IL
- George H. Proffit O-IN
- Richard Wigginton Thompson O-IN
- Joseph Livingston White O-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane O-IN
- Bryan Young Owsley O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Pope O-KY
- John White O-KY
- Thomas Francis Marshall O-KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews O-KY
- William Orlando Butler D-KY
- Nathan Appleton O-MA
- Caleb Cushing O-MA
- William Soden Hastings O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- James Wray Williams D-MD
- John Thomson Mason D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Nathan Clifford D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- John Cummins Edwards D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- William McKendree Gwin D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- Augustine Henry Shepperd O-NC
- Greene Washington Caldwell D-NC
- Anderson Mitchell O-NC
- Lewis Williams O-NC
- Ira Allen Eastman D-NH
- Joseph Egbert D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- John Mckeon D-NY
- Jacob Houck Jr. D-NY
- Hiram Paine Hunt O-NY
- Bernard Blair O-NY
- Thomas Ash Tomlinson O-NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig D-NY
- David P. Brewster D-NY
- Samuel Partridge D-NY
- A. Lawrence Foster O-NY
- John Greig O-NY
- Seth Merrill Gates O-NY
- Staley Nichols Clarke O-NY
- Nathanael Greene Pendleton O-OH
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Patrick Gaines Goode O-OH
- Jeremiah Morrow O-OH
- Calvary Morris O-OH
- William Medill D-OH
- Samson Mason O-OH
- Joshua Mathiot O-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- George Sweeny D-OH
- John Sergeant O-PA
- Francis James O-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- John Edwards O-PA
- Peter Newhard D-PA
- George May Keim D-PA
- William Simonton O-PA
- James Gerry D-PA
- James Cooper O-PA
- Amos Gustine D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- Davis Dimock Jr. D-PA
- Henry Black O-PA
- Albert Gallatin Marchand D-PA
- Henry White Beeson D-PA
- Joseph Lawrence O-PA
- William Wallace Irwin O-PA
- William Jack D-PA
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- Sampson Hale Butler D-SC
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens D-SC
- William Butler O-SC
- William Bowen Campbell O-TN
- Harvey Magee Watterson D-TN
- George Booth Cary D-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Taliaferro O-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer O-VA
- Linn Banks D-VA
- William Alexander Harris D-VA
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart O-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- William Slade O-VT
Other votes
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