House roll call 106 · 28th Congress · Feb 16, 1844
To table H. R. 36( 5 stat 680, app. 6/15/44), a bill for the relief of the widows and orphans of the crew of the U.S. Schooner, "grampus," lost at sea. (p. 28
On Feb 16, 1844, the House voted 63–94 (HR 36). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 61–39, Others 2–55. 39 members voted against their own party.
During the 28th Congress (1843–1844), John Tyler was president.
- Yes
- 63
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Feb 16, 1844
By party
- Others2 yes · 55 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats61 yes · 39 no · 50 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Winter Payne D-AL voted no
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT voted no
- John Stewart D-CT voted no
- Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
- William Henry Stiles D-GA voted no
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN voted no
- Thomas Smith D-IN voted no
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- William Parmenter D-MA voted no
- Henry Williams D-MA voted no
- Joshua Herrick D-ME voted no
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ voted no
- George Sykes D-NJ voted no
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ voted no
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ voted no
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY voted no
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY voted no
- William Brown Maclay D-NY voted no
- Richard David Davis D-NY voted no
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY voted no
- Byram Green D-NY voted no
- John B. Weller D-OH voted no
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH voted no
- Henry St. John D-OH voted no
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH voted no
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH voted no
- Ezra Dean D-OH voted no
- John T. Smith D-PA voted no
- John Ritter D-PA voted no
- Samuel Hays D-PA voted no
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC voted no
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC voted no
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA voted no
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA voted no
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA voted no
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edwin Belser D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Reuben Chapman D-AL
- Felix Grundy Mcconnell D-AL
- George Smith Catlin D-CT
- Samuel Simons D-CT
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Robert Smith D-IL
- Orlando Bell Ficklin D-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge D-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henley D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- George Alfred Caldwell D-KY
- Richard French D-KY
- Alcée Louis La Branche D-LA
- Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier D-LA
- Robert Mcclelland D-MI
- James Bennett Hunt D-MI
- James Butler Bowlin D-MO
- James Hugh Relfe D-MO
- James Madison Hughes D-MO
- John Jameson D-MO
- Tilghman Mayfield Tucker D-MS
- William Henry Hammett D-MS
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders D-NC
- James Iver Mckay D-NC
- Edmund Burke D-NH
- John Parker Hale D-NH
- John Randall Reding D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Joseph Halstead Anderson D-NY
- James Graham Clinton D-NY
- Jeremiah Russell D-NY
- Charles Swan Benton D-NY
- Preston King D-NY
- Jeremiah Eaton Cary D-NY
- Smith Meade Purdy D-NY
- Orville Robinson D-NY
- George Oscar Rathbun D-NY
- Amasa Dana D-NY
- William Spring Hubbell D-NY
- Heman Allen Moore D-OH
- Jacob Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Perley Brown Johnson O-OH
- Joseph Morris D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Jacob Senewell Yost D-PA
- James Black D-PA
- Joseph Addison Woodward D-SC
- John Campbell D-SC
- Armistead Burt D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Alvan Cullom D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Cave Johnson D-TN
- George Coke Dromgoole D-VA
- William Lucas D-VA
- William Taylor D-VA
- Augustus Alexandria Chapman D-VA
- Lewis Steenrod D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- William Winter Payne D-AL
- Thomas Hart Seymour D-CT
- John Stewart D-CT
- Absalom Harris Chappell O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- William Henry Stiles D-GA
- John J. Hardin O-IL
- Robert Dale Owen D-IN
- Thomas Smith D-IN
- Samuel Caldwell Sample O-IN
- Willis Green O-KY
- Henry Grider O-KY
- John White O-KY
- William Poindexter Thomasson O-KY
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Wooleston Tibbatts D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Robert Charles Winthrop O-MA
- Daniel Putnam King O-MA
- Amos Abbott O-MA
- William Parmenter D-MA
- Osmyn Baker O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Henry Williams D-MA
- Joseph Grinnell O-MA
- John Pendleton Kennedy O-MD
- Joshua Herrick D-ME
- Robert Pinckney Dunlap D-ME
- Luther Severance O-ME
- Freeman Harlow Morse O-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Thomas Lanier Clingman O-NC
- Daniel Moreau Barringer O-NC
- Edmund Deberry O-NC
- Kenneth Rayner O-NC
- Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer D-NJ
- George Sykes D-NJ
- Isaac Gray Farlee D-NJ
- Littleton Kirkpatrick D-NJ
- Selah Brewster Strong D-NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy D-NY
- William Brown Maclay D-NY
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard David Davis D-NY
- David Lowrey Seymour D-NY
- Daniel Dewey Barnard O-NY
- Charles Rogers O-NY
- Byram Green D-NY
- Thomas J. Patterson O-NY
- Asher Tyler O-NY
- William Abbott Moseley O-NY
- Albert Smith O-NY
- Washington Hunt O-NY
- John B. Weller D-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck O-OH
- Joseph Vance O-OH
- Emery Davis Potter D-OH
- Henry St. John D-OH
- Joseph Jefferson Mcdowell D-OH
- John Inskeep Vanmeter O-OH
- Elias Florence O-OH
- Samuel Finley Vinton O-OH
- Alexander Harper O-OH
- William Cochran Mccauslen D-OH
- Ezra Dean D-OH
- Daniel Rose Tilden O-OH
- Edward Joy Morris O-PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll O-PA
- John T. Smith D-PA
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks O-PA
- Abraham Robinson Mcilvaine O-PA
- John Ritter D-PA
- Henry Frick O-PA
- Alexander Ramsey O-PA
- James Irvin O-PA
- John Dickey O-PA
- Samuel Hays D-PA
- Charles Manning Reed O-PA
- Joseph Buffington O-PA
- Henry Young Cranston O-RI
- Elisha Reynolds Potter O-RI
- Richard Franklin Simpson D-SC
- Isaac Edward Holmes D-SC
- David W. Dickinson O-TN
- John Baptista Ashe O-TN
- Milton Brown O-TN
- Archibald Atkinson D-VA
- Edmund Wilcox Hubard D-VA
- Willoughby Newton O-VA
- George Washington Hopkins D-VA
- George William Summers O-VA
- George Perkins Marsh O-VT
- Paul Dillingham Jr. D-VT
Did not vote
- James Dellet O-AL
- William Lowndes Yancey D-AL
- Edward Cross D-AR
- George Brydges Rodney O-DE
- Duncan Lamont Clinch O-GA
- Edward Junius Black D-GA
- Hugh Anderson Haralson D-GA
- John Alexander Mcclernand D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Caleb Blood Smith O-IN
- William John Brown D-IN
- John Wesley Davis D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Andrew Kennedy D-IN
- James W. Stone D-KY
- John Bennett Dawson D-LA
- Isaac Edward Morse D-LA
- Charles Hudson O-MA
- John Quincy Adams O-MA
- Barker Burnell O-MA
- John M. S. Causin O-MD
- Francis Brengle O-MD
- John Wethered O-MD
- Jacob Alexander Preston O-MD
- Thomas Ara Spence O-MD
- Benjamin White D-ME
- Shepard Cary D-ME
- Lucius Lyon D-MI
- Gustavus Miller Bower D-MO
- Jacob Thompson D-MS
- Robert Whyte Roberts D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Reeves Jones Daniel D-NC
- Archibald Hunter Arrington D-NC
- William Wright O-NJ
- Jonas Phillips Phoenix O-NY
- Moses Gage Leonard D-NY
- Zadock Pratt D-NY
- Lemuel Stetson D-NY
- Chesselden Ellis D-NY
- Orville Hungerford D-NY
- Levi D. Carpenter D-NY
- Samuel Beardsley D-NY
- Horace Wheaton D-NY
- Charles Holker Carroll O-NY
- Alexander Duncan D-OH
- Alfred Parish Stone D-OH
- James Mathews D-OH
- Edward Stowe Hamlin O-OH
- Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff D-OH
- Charles Jared Ingersoll D-PA
- Jeremiah Brown O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Benjamin Alden Bidlack D-PA
- Almon Heath Read D-PA
- George Fuller D-PA
- James Pollock O-PA
- Henry Nes O-PA
- Andrew Stewart O-PA
- Henry Donnel Foster D-PA
- Cornelius Darragh O-PA
- William Wilkins D-PA
- James Augustus Black D-SC
- William Tandy Senter O-TN
- Julius W. Blackwell D-TN
- Aaron Venable Brown D-TN
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton O-TN
- Walter Coles D-VA
- Thomas Walker Gilmer D-VA
- William Leftwich Goggin O-VA
- John Winston Jones D-VA
- Henry Alexander Wise D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Samuel Chilton O-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
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